Taxing reproduction: the full transfer cost of rearing children in Europe

Taxing reproduction: the full transfer cost of rearing children in Europe

What are the intergenerational resource transfer contributions of parents and non-parents in Europe? Using National Transfer Accounts and National Time Transfer Accounts for 12 countries around 2010, we go beyond public transfers (net taxes) to also value two statistically much less visible transfers in the family realm: of market goods and of unpaid household labour (time). Non-parents contribute almost exclusively to public transfers. But parents additionally provide still larger private transfers: mothers mainly time, fathers mainly market goods.

Work Life Balance and Fatherhood

Work Life Balance and Fatherhood

Fathers struggle between the desire to be involved fathers (spending time and engaging with their children during the working week) and their role as the main breadwinner in the family (facing and managing the demands of “greedy” organizational culture

Who Knew!

Who Knew!

A well-known Australian presenter, speaker, podcaster, and advocate for equality, Michael Ray offers parents and caregivers a compassionately raw, honest, and often humourous take on parenting as he sees it.

How to Build a Better Life: A New Roadmap for Women Who Want to Prioritize Love & Family-2024

How to Build a Better Life: A New Roadmap for Women Who Want to Prioritize Love & Family-2024

How to Build a Better Life implodes the decades-long narrative that women should prioritize career above all else and provides a new path forward for women who would rather focus on family and build the balanced lives they crave. So you’re tired of being single and would rather be married with children. Or perhaps you’re already a wife and mother, but you want to stop working and stay home with your kids—if only for a season.