rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments … they make into their children, but can reduce the resulting inefficiencies by determining ex ante the parent who would be …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using … employment rates, significantly increases marriage and marital birth rates, and leads to a substantial increase in the total … marriage specific capital. -- divorce ; fertility ; bargaining ; intrahousehold allocations ; Austria …

groupings. Since most non-human species are not familial, something special must be behind the family. It is shown that the two … necessary features that explain the origin of the family are given by uncertain paternity and overlapping cohorts of dependent … children. With such two features built into our model, and under the assumption that individuals care only for the propagation …

mating plays an important role. On average about 40-50% of the covariance between parents' and own permanent family income … capital, which are larger in Germany than Britain. -- intergenerational links ; marriage market ; assortative mating …

mating plays an important role. On average about 40-50% of the covariance between parents' and own permanent family income …

wills planning to divide their estates unequally among their children. These plans for unequal division are particularly … concentrated in complex families, that is, families with stepchildren and families with genetic children with whom the parent has … had no contact (e.g., children from previous marriages). We find that in complex families past and current contact between …

wills planning to divide their estates unequally among their children. These plans for unequal division are particularly … concentrated in complex families, that is, families with stepchildren and families with genetic children with whom the parent has … had no contact (e.g., children from previous marriages). We find that in complex families past and current contact between …

wills planning to divide their estates unequally among their children. These plans for unequal division are particularly … concentrated in complex families, that is, families with stepchildren and families with genetic children with whom the parent has … had no contact (e.g., children from previous marriages). We find that in complex families past and current contact between …