"price" of a social program for a subset of individuals. Fathers of children born after April 1, 1993 in Norway were eligible … for one month of governmental paid paternity leave, while fathers of children born before this cutoff were not. There is a … sharp increase in fathers taking paternity leave immediately after the reform, with take up rising from 3% to 35%. While …

contributions, a lump-sum redistribution from fathers to mothers may make children better off, but both parents worse off, or vice … cost of both parents. Thus, proposals to redistribute income from fathers to mothers need to take into account socially …

A large proportion of divorced and separated fathers form new partnerships. The new partner's preferences are not …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … family is treated. In an empirical analysis conducted over the period 1996 to 2004 that correctly matches family structure … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …

consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform. …

.S., including their origins, their structure, and the effects they have on the labor market and family formation. I will then …

step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family … suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather …

We study the impact of restricting child-related social assistance to the first two children in the family on the …