The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great
divergence have been the subject of an intensive research in the growth literature in recent …

There are dramatic individual differences among adolescents in how and when they
become sexually active adults, and early sexual activity is frequently cited as a cause of …

The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

Understanding how having children influences parents' subjective well-being (“happiness”)
has great potential to explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories …

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between
the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species …

The salutary effects of being raised by two married, biological parents depend on the quality
of care parents can provide. Using data from an epidemiological sample of 1,116 5–year …

Economic and rational‐choice theories suggest that individuals form unions or have children
because these decisions increase their subjective well‐being or “happiness.” We investigate …

The well-documented finding that child physical maltreatment predicts later antisocial
behavior has at least 2 explanations:(a) Physical maltreatment causes antisocial behavior …

We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have
we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt …

Analyzing the savings behavior of a large sample of identical and fraternal twins, we find that
genetic differences explain about 33 percent of the variation in savings propensities across …