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Category ArchiveFamily Economics(15 articles) |
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July 23, 2008Does Parental Divorce Cause Offspring Divorce?Bryan CaplanChildren of divorce are more likely to eventually get divorced themselves. But why? Earlier behavioral genetic work concluded that, contrary......MORE July 17, 2008Department of Yay: The American Baby BoomletBryan CaplanTo counter Tyler's "Department of Yikes" series, I'm officially inaugurating my "Department of Yay." First in my series: The American......MORE July 15, 2008Sacerdote, Feyrer, Kids, and Gender ConflictBryan CaplanSacerdote and Feyrer have an intriguing new paper on fertility. Background: Some rich countries - including Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain,......MORE July 6, 2008What About Pets?Arnold KlingJonathan Guryan, Erik Hurst, and Melissa S. Kearney find that time spent taking care of children is positively correlated with......MORE July 1, 2008Population Projection ToolBryan CaplanIf you want to play around with the U.N.'s four main population projection methods, you can do so here. If......MORE June 30, 2008Eric Turkheimer's CVBryan CaplanReading Eric Turkheimer's CV gives me the uncomfortable feeling that I've fallen behind the research frontier in behavioral genetics. Just......MORE June 29, 2008Fun Facts About Population Projections; or, Are People Like CDs?Bryan CaplanTyler already blogged the best sentences from this excellent piece on population decline. So I've decided to supply a complement:......MORE June 16, 2008Heckman on InequalityArnold KlingJames Heckman writes, Family environments of young children are major predictors of cognitive and socioemotional abilities, as well as a......MORE June 15, 2008Gary Becker on Soaring Consumer CreditArnold KlingHe writes, Obviously, some individuals borrow too much, and get caught in a spiral of high interest rate payments, bankruptcy,......MORE June 14, 2008Parenthood as the Trump of All Past RegretBryan CaplanI don't regret anything in my life prior to the conception of my sons. This may sound like sentimental nonsense,......MORE June 13, 2008The Persistence of RebellionBryan CaplanWhat was your biggest act of rebellion against your parents? Did your rebellion last? I'll start: For me, it was......MORE June 12, 2008Public Opinion About Fetal TestingBryan CaplanIf you're having a high-risk pregnancy, it's pretty obvious that you'll be more likely to have your fetus tested for......MORE June 11, 2008Jolie on Pregnancy: Do You Believe Her?Bryan CaplanAngelina Jolie has more than enough money to make most of the downside of kids disappear. But now that she's......MORE May 9, 2008Listen to the ChildrenBryan CaplanHere's a deeply important passage from my favorite survey of the time diary literature:One of Galinsky's more surprising findings centered......MORE April 24, 2008Correction: Men, Women, Kids, and HappinessBryan CaplanAfter blogging this...If you look at the data - the same GSS data you favorably cite - you'll see that......MORE There are 15 entries listed in this category (Family Economics). The most recent are listed above. If there are more than 20, here are the rest:
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