Applying a propensity score matching approach to UK National Child Development Study, we find that experiencing family … to increase with the number of recorded family difficulties. Moreover, we find that housing and economic problems are … responsible for the more serious disadvantage, while disability of family members and disharmony act statistically significantly …

crime with respect to the sex ratio of 16- to 25-year-olds of 3.4, suggesting that male sex ratios can account for one …-seventh of the rise in crime. We hypothesize that adverse marriage market conditions drive this association. © 2013 The President …

Crime rates almost doubled in China between 1992 and 2004. Over the same period, sex ratios (males to females) in the … crime-prone ages of 16-25 years rose sharply, from 1.053 to 1.093. Although scarcity of females is commonly believed to be a … small or related to social conditions liable to also affect crime rates. This paper exploits two unique features of the …

' behavior is largely independent of the presence (or absence) of their fathers. The strong effect of family structure is not … delinquent behavior and adolescent family structure that cannot be explained by fathers' involvement with their adolescent sons … adolescent family structure and delinquent behavior is not accounted for by the income differentials associated with fathers …

' behavior is largely independent of the presence (or absence) of their fathers. The strong effect of family structure is not … delinquent behavior and adolescent family structure that cannot be explained by fathers' involvement with their adolescent sons … adolescent family structure and delinquent behavior is not accounted for by the income differentials associated with fathers …

family and demographic change, and in bringing cultural clashes within and between societies. Developmental idealism is a … gender equality, family planning, low fertility, freedom of spouse choice, older ages at marriage, and the recognition of …

borrowed norms and regulations belonging to Church’s legislation. The frail State – Church dualism on family law was influenced … law very clearly favoured family and children’s interests. They were all conceived to better supervise individual …’s education in a moral family where the Church would still have an influence. …