Employment rates for married and unmarried mothers in the United States crossed over in the early 1990s, leading to … how the employment of mothers varies by family structure in the five years after giving birth. Before taking demographic … or human capital characteristics into account, married, cohabiting and lone mothers have similar levels of employment …

associated with changes in perceived social support, material hardship, maternal depression, and parenting stress among mothers … of her child’s life, we pay close attention to the type and timing of these transitions. We find that mothers who … depression. Mothers who exit cohabiting or marital relationships encounter decreases in perceived social support and increases in …

Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,725) are used to examine associations between mothers … stronger for White parents than for Black parents and for mothers of sons than for mothers of daughters. Robustness checks …

Employment rates for married and unmarried mothers in the United States crossed over in the early 1990s, leading to … how the employment of mothers varies by family structure in the five years after giving birth. Before taking demographic … or human capital characteristics into account, married, cohabiting and lone mothers have similar levels of employment …

findings by considering the countervailing consequences of paternal incarceration for both fathers’ and mothers’ parenting …’ relationships with their children’s mothers. Effects on mothers’ parenting, however, are more inconsistent, as recent paternal …

particular, subsidized mothers report lower levels of overall health and are more likely to show symptoms consistent with anxiety …, depression, and parenting stress. Such mothers also reveal more psychological and physical aggression toward their children and … policies aimed at economically disadvantaged mothers may ultimately undermine family well-being. …

characteristics of the mothers and children, as well as adjusting for a lagged indicator of children's health. Results suggest that … children born to unmarried mothers than children born to married mothers. …

particular, subsidized mothers report lower levels of overall health and are more likely to show symptoms consistent with anxiety …, depression, and parenting stress. Such mothers also reveal more psychological and physical aggression toward their children and … policies aimed at economically disadvantaged mothers may ultimately undermine family well-being. …

between mothers and daughters falls. However, using either sibling fixed effects or instrumental variable estimation, I find …