In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in … children can amplify existing inequalities across generations. Third, inequality can exist even within families, and the …

the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has … father to a more egalitarian one in which the wife and the children have been empowered. This transformation coincided with … family size. To explain the connection between these trends and the transformation in family relationships we develop a novel …

the decline in family size reduced competition between children for resources from their parents. The combined effect has … father to a more egalitarian one in which the wife and the children have been empowered. This transformation coincided with … family size. To explain the connection between these trends and the transformation in family relationships we develop a novel …

' familial ties (nuclear family households) achieve near Pareto efficient allocation of productive resources and Pareto efficient … allocation of consumption while households with 'weaker' familial ties (extended family households) do not. We propose a …

This paper investigates the impact of unemployment on the propensity to start a family. Unemployment is accompanied by … bad occupational prospects and impending economic deprivation, placing the well-being of a future family at risk. I … UK (1994-2001). The results highlight spurious negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men, which can …

The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in … birth data. First, there is a large gap in the share of children living with married parents (or two parents) that favors … divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children's family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage …

across children within the family. Older siblings, especially firstborn males, are more likely to migrate, while having more …This paper examines the causal effects of family size and demographic structure on offspring's international migration … migration. The positive correlation between sibship size and migration disappears when endogeneity of family size is addressed …

a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents 'tax' their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …

a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents "tax" their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …

assumptions: there are non-convexities in human capital investments and parents cannot borrow to finance their children …This paper sets forth a simple model of resource allocation within the family. The model is based on two main …'s education. The model shows that poor and middle-income parents will often find it optimal to channel human capital investments …