Posts tagged with 'family'
September 20, 2023
The long shadow of China’s one-child policy
New research on fertility among Chinese immigrants to the US suggests small-family cultural norms are hard to overcome
September 24, 2020
What explains the unexplained gender pay gap?
Family choices affect pay differences between men and women
December 17, 2019
How the rise of industrial robots affects family behavior
Men's 'economic value' on the marriage market has fallen with growing labor market uncertainty
June 25, 2019
Expansion of paid parental leave may work against intended goals
Study from France analyzes the effects on household specialization and children's well-being
May 30, 2018
Informal care givers pay a high price in well-being
New study monetarizes the well-being losses from providing informal care to family members.
April 12, 2018
Is dependency on disability insurance benefits transmitted from parents to children?
Disability benefits provide an essential safety net for many people of working age whose health prevents them from engaging in […]
October 24, 2017
Teenage daughters as a risk factor for divorce
Sullen exchanges, inexplicable silences and broken curfews can be part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period […]
May 9, 2017
How personality is affected by birth order and birth spacing
The family environment is among the most important factors in the development of a child’s personality. It is evident that […]
November 11, 2016
What a difference a day makes
Family stability is a prerequisite for a number of social outcomes that policy makers care about, not the least being […]
September 15, 2016
How the world’s largest social pension reform is transforming family old-age care
By Xi Chen (Yale University and IZA) Social pensions are designed to provide the elderly population, especially those with low […]
July 7, 2015
Early-life medical interventions benefit siblings of treated children
When newborns with a too low birth weight are treated, even their non-affected siblings benefit. This is the conclusion of […]
March 4, 2015
The last will: Unequal division between children is more common than you think
There are many reasons why parents may consider distributing their inheritance unevenly among their children. One of them might have […]
February 17, 2015
When parents divorce, children’s personality development suffers
Disruptions in family structure are suspected to impede the development of children’s personality, with far-reaching consequences for school performance and […]
September 17, 2014
Flexible working hours improve job satisfaction
Temporal and locational flexibility (TLF) is an important element in current policy debates about working conditions and the combination of […]
August 22, 2014
Migration decisions of couples: Who wears the pants?
Couples are less likely than singles, but more likely than families to emigrate to a different country. But who makes […]