Posts tagged with 'parents'
December 23, 2020
Suddenly a stay-at-home dad?
How fathers' job loss affects time investment in the household
July 9, 2019
How parents pay for their unemployed adult children
Study analyzes changes in consumption, work and saving habits
August 27, 2018
Brothers foster women’s gender conformity
Study from Denmark shows that parents invest differently in their daughters if they also have sons
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 […]
August 23, 2016
Well-being effects vary for formal and informal childcare
All parents are faced with the difficult decision of how to organize childcare. Parents preferring to return to the labor […]
July 15, 2016
Pocket money and part-time job: Do parents tax their children?
Young adults who are still living with their parents and still in compulsory education finance their independent consumption using either […]
March 25, 2015
On the origins of dishonesty: Do kids learn to cheat from their parents?
Dishonesty is a pervasive and costly phenomenon that may threaten mutual trust and social cohesion. But why is it that […]
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 […]
February 6, 2015
The stress cost of children: Time matters more than money
Stress can be viewed as reflecting the limits on time and money that life imposes. Numerous studies have measured the […]
November 19, 2014
Is formal care as good as the support of loving grandparents?
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
November 18, 2014
Is formal care as good as the support of loving grandparents?
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
July 14, 2014
Like father, like son? Family welfare cultures in Norway
In most Western countries children of welfare recipients are more likely to receive welfare benefits themselves. However, it is not […]
May 26, 2014
German parental benefits facilitate labor market re-entry
“Elterngeld” (literally: parents’ money) is among the most generous benefit payments in Germany. If a parent decides to stay at […]
May 12, 2014
How an Italian pension reform reduced fertility
In Southern European countries family ties are traditionally very strong. In Italy, three out of four individuals who already have […]