some contact with their children, and the more it is likely that fathers will cohabit with the mothers; (2) fathers who … have more children with other women are less likely to have contact with a given woman's children, but this discouraging … effect of men's other children is smaller for blacks than for whites; and (3) employment in the last year reduces the …

Canada has a broad and functional approach to the legal definition of the family, and gives significant legal … recognition to social parents, who may seek custody or access, and will often have child support obligations. This paper deals … legislation such as the Ontario Family Law Act, to pay an amount of child support that as quot;appropriatequot; under the Child …

contours and direction. The new family finds itself in a juridical and psychological limbo. While customs and values may change … over time, other factors, such as kinship, extended family ties, and the religious culture seem to be more resilient than …. These evolving family patterns are analyzed from an empirical perspective and illustrated by a study of a particular …

migrate to the United States and leave their children behind. Then, after the parent(s) have achieved some degree of stability … separation during migration results in problems at school after re-unification. We find that children separated from parents …. -- Immigrant children ; education ; family separation …

This paper uses variation created by parental deaths in the amount of time children spend with each parent to examine … children who lost one parent during childhood, we find a series of striking patterns which show that the relationship is … largely causal. Relative to children who did not lose a parent, the education of the deceased parent is less important in …

Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We … especially focus on educational performance for children of the involved single mothers. For all children of single mothers, the … younger single mothers, those most likely to be affected by the reform, the grade point average of their children drops …