This paper provides a simple theoretical framework to discuss the relationship between assisted reproductive technologies and the microeconomics of fertility choice. Individuals make choices of education and work along with decisions about whether and when to have children. Decisions regarding...

This article develops a simple model of household decisions that explicitly accounts for the role played by the Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) to examine its effects on couples in Britain. The main implications of the model are tested using panel data from the British Household Panel Survey...

The level of trust inherent in a society is important for a wide range of microeconomic and macroeconomic outcomes. This paper investigates how individuals' attitudes toward social and institutional trust are shaped by the political regime in which they live. The German reunification is a unique...

Commissioned by the Federal Government, the "Overall Evaluation of Benefit Payments to Married Couples and Families" is the first study to systematically and comprehensively evaluate the key instruments of German family policy. The evaluation focused on the following family-policy goals:...

Streiks in der Luftfahrt und bei der Deutschen Bahn haben in jüngster Vergangenheit zu großem Unmut in der Bevölkerung geführt. Denn Streiks in diesen Verkehrsunternehmen der Daseinsvorsorge betreffen nicht nur die bestreikten Unternehmen selbst, sondern große Teile der Gesellschaft. In...

Streiks in der Luftfahrt und bei der Deutschen Bahn haben in jüngster Vergangenheit zu großem Unmut in der Bevölkerung geführt. Denn Streiks in diesen Verkehrsunternehmen der Daseinsvorsorge betreffen nicht nur die bestreikten Unternehmen selbst, sondern große Teile der Gesellschaft. In...

We consider a bargaining model in which husband and wife decide on the allocation of time and disposable income. Since her bargaining power would go down otherwise more strongly, the wife agrees to having a child only if the husband also leaves the labor market for a while. The daddy months...

Many governments have banned strikes in public transportation. Whether this can be justified depends on whether strikes endanger public safety or health. We use time-series and cross-sectional variation in powerful registry data to quantify the effects of public transit strikes on urban...

Contrary to popular belief, the incidence of domestic violence in Britain does not seem to have risen during the recession. But according to research by Jonathan Wadsworth and colleagues, men and women have experienced different risks of unemployment - and these have had contrasting effects on...