People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This …, extraversion. The heterogeneity on the importance of income comparisons needs to be taken into account when, for example … ; income comparisons ; personality traits …

This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children’s far right … the strongest and most important predictor for young people’s right-wing extremism are parents’ right-wing extremist …

Retired parents might invest time into their adult children by providing childcare. Such intergenerational time … children's fertility. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and adult children. We … parent's early retirement significantly increases the probability of childbirth for adult children. However, parental …

high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from low-income households is particularly strong. We … decrease of around eight percentage points (ten percent). Individuals from low-income households mainly drive the results. This …

-intact family and children's civic, social and political engagement as adults. We argue that this finding is consistent with …

find that students of law who passed the state bar exam with an honors degree receive a significant earnings premium of …