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The Causal Effects of Father Absence
McLanahan, Sara; Schneider, Daniel - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
The literature on father absence is frequently criticized for its use of cross-sectional data and methods that fail to take account of possible omitted variable bias and reverse causality. In this paper we review studies that have responded to this critique by employing a variety of innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720699
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Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
Watson, Tara; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Akerlof and Kranton (2000) and apply it to the marriage decision. The empirical evidence is consistent with the idea that … people are more likely to marry when their incomes approach a financial level associated with idealized norms of marriage. We … hypothesize that the marriage ideal is determined by the median income in an individual’s local reference group. After controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149779
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Positive, Negative, or Null? The Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Children’s Behavioral Problems
Wildeman, Christopher; Turney, Kristin - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
As maternal incarceration may help, harm, or have no effect on child wellbeing, increases in the risk of maternal imprisonment are relevant to scholars interested in both mass imprisonment and the forces that shape inequalities in child wellbeing. Unfortunately, with the exception of a few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149790
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THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS BEFORE AND AFTER COHABITATION AND MARITAL DISSOLUTION
Dush, Claire M. Kamp; Adkins, Kate S. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Using data from years one and three of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, changes in depressive and anxious symptoms are compared for mothers and fathers who: 1) dissolve a cohabitating union versus remain intact; 2) dissolve a marital union versus remain intact; and 3) dissolve a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149795
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ATTACHMENT SECURITY AMONG TODDLERS: THE IMPACTS OF SUPPORTIVE COPARENTING AND FATHER ENGAGEMENT
Pudasainee-Kapri, Sangita; Razza, Rachel - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2013
The present study examined the longitudinal associations among supportive coparenting and father engagement during infancy and mother-child attachment at age three within an at-risk sample (N= 1371), using secondary data from Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing (FFCW) study. Mothers reported on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149882
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A Better Deal for Cohabiting Fathers? Union Status Differences in Father Involvement
McClain, Lauren Rinelli; DeMaris, Alfred - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
than fathers report. Parents who remain in a continuous coresidential union, who transition from cohabitation to marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928122
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Fragile Families and Children’s Opportunities
McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
The context of family life has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. Today, over 40 percent of children in the U.S. are born to unmarried parents, up from only 5 percent in 1960. My research tries to understand why this change is happening and what it means for parents, children and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928152
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Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
Watson, Tara; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Akerlof and Kranton (2000) and apply it to the marriage decision. The empirical evidence is consistent with the idea that … people are more likely to marry when their incomes approach a financial level associated with idealized norms of marriage. We … hypothesize that the marriage ideal is determined by the median income in an individual’s local reference group. After controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000281
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THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS BEFORE AND AFTER COHABITATION AND MARITAL DISSOLUTION
Dush, Claire M. Kamp; Adkins, Kate S. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Using data from years one and three of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, changes in depressive and anxious symptoms are compared for mothers and fathers who: 1) dissolve a cohabitating union versus remain intact; 2) dissolve a marital union versus remain intact; and 3) dissolve a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558565
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Do Relationship and Child Characteristics Predict Supportive Coparenting After Relationship Dissolution Among At-Risk Parents?
Dush, Claire M. Kamp; Kotila, Letitia E.; … - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
Cooperative coparenting after relationship dissolution has been shown to be associated with increased father involvement which can buffer against the negative effects of parental relationship dissolution. Low-income, at-risk families are much more likely to experience relationship dissolutions;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720705