marriage breakdown rates. We use this fundamental change in the Irish society as a natural experiment. We follow a difference …

participation. Female labour market instability plays an important role in family formation, especially by putting off marriage …-time) is a barrier for family formation. The study is done for a sample of both men and women. We analyse two groups, Cohort … 1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of …

This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where the father is non-resident have an award … or agreement for child support in place. Data from the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether … disadvantaged. Moreover, awards were less commonplace where there were fewer children, where mothers claimed Income Support, were …

their child we enquire whether they differ in the extent of their engagement in family life compared with fathers who have …

This chapter reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low …-economic outcomes (mortality, human capital, and labor force participation), and children's health and socio-economic outcomes … throughout the life cycle. Though effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning …

grades, and have behavioral problems than are children raised in more traditional family structures. But these relationships … outcomes, rather than causal effects of family structure. Given that changes in the availability of men in the marriage market … should affect marriage decisions, we use incarceration rates for men as an instrumental variable for family structure in …

The paper investigates the relationship between work and family life in Britain. Using appropriate statistical …, there are strong links between female employment, having children and union formation. By undertaking a detailed micro …

captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They … organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … are free to accept or reject marriage proposals. Married agents make their decisions through bargaining about work, and …

skill-spillover between the spouses within the marriage as an explanation. This paper deviates from the previous research by … partner influences under these contexts. It argues that the interaction between gender and relationship status implies …