This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects … on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of … children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13% lower labor …

are evolving to encourage both parents to maintain contact with their children following parental separation … the distance between non-residential parents and their children to proxy for contact, and measuring educational … suggest that policy efforts to keep separated parents geographically closer together for the sake of the children may, in fact …

, mating, and parental investment in children, we argue that marriage serves the purpose of attenuating the risk of mating … benefits women because of the public good nature of children. Able to realize Pareto improvements, marriage as an institution …

undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their …Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such … as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the …, leading to a de-stigmatization of sex. As contraception has become more effective there is less need for parents, churches and …

’ relationships with their children’s mothers. Effects on mothers’ parenting, however, are more inconsistent, as recent paternal …To date, research on the linkages between paternal incarceration and family life has taken two forms. On the one hand …, quantitative research tends to consider effects on child wellbeing and generally concludes paternal incarceration harms children …

worse outcomes irrespective of living conditions. Yet even with controls, the elderly who live with children do worse. This … is in sharp contrast to younger adults who live with children, likely their own, whose life evaluation is no different in … the presence of the child once background conditions are controlled for. Parents, like elders, have enhanced negative …

worse outcomes irrespective of living conditions. Yet even with controls, the elderly who live with children do worse. This … is in sharp contrast to younger adults who live with children, likely their own, whose life evaluation is no different in … the presence of the child once background conditions are controlled for. Parents, like elders, have enhanced negative …

divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …

divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …