Zhang, Shishu; Soukup, Gregory J. - In: Applied Economics Letters 19 (2012) 18, pp. 1879-1883
Different family structures can significantly impact the well-being of children. From 1980 to 2008, reported births to unwed mothers in the United States rose from 18.4% to 40.6% and children in single-parent households in the United States increased from 19.5% to 29.5%. The Medical Expenditure...