Komada, OliwiaMalec, Magda2021-06-112021-06-112021Komada O., Malec M., The importance of family: a macroeconomic perspective. W: Pensions today - economic, managerial, and social issues, Chybalski Filip (red.), Marcinkiewicz Edyta (red.), Wydawnictwo Politechniki Łódzkiej, Łódź 2021, s. 54-69, ISBN 978-83-66287-93-8, doi: 10.34658/9788366287938.6https://doi.org/10.34658/9788366287938.6http://hdl.handle.net/11652/3514[...] In the following part of the paper, we review both macroeconomics and family economics literature in the context of labor force participation, fertility choice, human capital accumulation, inequality and taxes, and social security. Depending on the policy in question, the literature proposes models with significantly different structures and features, e.g., types of heterogeneity, choice set, applied utility functions, and model timing. All of them contribute to the mechanism of the model and its fit to the data (Borella et al. 2018). We discuss below different model setups, with particular caution to policies' welfare effect. In this way, we provide a method guideline useful for future research.enThe monograph chapter is published in open access model.social securityhuman capital accumulationfamily structureintergenerational mobilityparent-child correlationsfamily economicsTUL monograph chapter10.34658/9788366287938.6