This paper reviews family structure, its relationship to employment, and the recession’s impact on poor families. To reduce poverty, the report proposes policies that help parents balance work and caretaking, and support their children.

This article found that changes in income sorting account for more than half of the increase in family income inequality in the United States over the past three decades. Furthermore, income sorting accounts for an even larger share of the growing gap between middle- and low-income families and...

This article found that changes in income sorting account for more than half of the increase in family income inequality in the United States over the past three decades. Furthermore, income sorting accounts for an even larger share of the growing gap between middle- and low-income families and...