, quantitative research tends to consider effects on child wellbeing and generally concludes paternal incarceration harms children …’ relationships with their children’s mothers. Effects on mothers’ parenting, however, are more inconsistent, as recent paternal …

characteristics, as well as mother-father and parent-child relationships, with regard to differences in wellbeing for children living … differences in returns to (effects of) these characteristics and behaviors for children in the two family types. …

families with children and very low food security of children using micro-level data from the Fragile Families and Child Well … incarceration and food insecurity and very low food security among children, families, and adults. The incidence of very low food … children, adults and households with children, but the results are not significant in various specification. Food insecurity …

undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their …Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage … children against its costs. Churches and states may stigmatize sex, both because of a concern about the welfare of their flocks …

, but includes few men who fathered children out of wedlock. This paper asks whether increasing marriage (and possibly … new birth cohort study the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study which follows unmarried parents for the first five …

, but includes few men who fathered children out of wedlock. This paper asks whether increasing marriage (and possibly … new birth cohort study the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study which follows unmarried parents for the first five …

income growth, wealth inequality and political participation. We predict that developing countries will tend to overinvest in …