non-married cohabiting parents. This effect results from a reduced risk of single parenthood among women who gained from …

This paper evaluates how a light-touch parenting program for parents of children below school entry age affects … maternal well-being. We first analyze data from a randomized controlled trial focusing on more advantaged parents. Second, we …

The present study investigates the relationship between the number of children in the household and mothers and fathers … children in the household and the propensity of these non-entrepreneurs to become and remain business owners from 2005 to 2016 …. For both sexes, the results show a positive and linear relationship between the number of children at home and business …

This research examines the effects of mothers' welfare and work decisions on their children's attainments using a … AFDC benefit structures across U.S. states. We focus on children who were born to single mothers with twelve or fewer years … reading recognition scores from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort. Long-run attainments …

after grandchildren and provide financial or material gifts to children more than paternal grandparents do. In exchange …, daughters help their parents with personal care, household tasks and paperwork more than sons do. The matrilineal advantage is …

poverty. Further, while the effects of family allowance spending are similar for children in both single mother and two parent …Children of single mothers face higher rates of poverty than children in two-parent households in practically every … poverty and, as a result, little consensus on the best way to address poverty among these children. Explanations include both …