Marriage Markets

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Mate Availability and Unmarried Parent Relationships, Demography (2008)
Theoretically, a shortage of males in a local marriage market may influence the formation, quality,...
 

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Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage among New, Unwed Parents (with Sara McLanahan), American Sociological Review (2004)
This article uses new data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to examine...
 

Social Support

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Racial and Gender Differences in Kin Support: A Mixed-Methods Study of African American and Hispanic Couples (with Clarisse Haxton), Journal of Family Issues (2009)
This article uses qualitative and quantitative data for a recent birth cohort from the Fragile...
 

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More Kin, Less Support: Multipartnered Fertility and Kin Support among New Mothers (with Jean Knab), Journal of Marriage and the Family (2007)
Recent research has documented the high prevalence of having children with more than one partner,...
 

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The Relationship Between Private Safety Nets and Economic Outcomes Among Single Mothers, Journal of Marriage and the Family (2006)
This article examines the relationship between private safety nets and economic outcomes among 2,818 low-income...
 

Union Formation

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Does Receiving an Earnings Supplement affect Union Formation?: Estimating Effects for Program Participants using Propensity Score Matching, Evaluation Review (2006)
This paper demonstrates a novel application of propensity score matching techniques: to estimate nonexperimental impacts...
 

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Parenting across Racial and Class Lines: Assortative Mating Patterns of New Parents Who Are Married, Cohabiting, Dating, and No Longer Romantically Involved (with Joshua Goldstein), Social Forces (2006)
In this article, we examine the assortative mating patterns of new parents who are married,...
 

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How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect Union Formation Among Low-Income Single Mothers (with Lisa Gennetian), Demography (2003)
Using data from an experimental evaluation in two Canadian provinces, we found that offering an...
 

Well-being of Children

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Why are Children with Married Parents Healthier? The Case of Pediatric Asthma, Population Research and Policy Review (2009)
Among a recent birth cohort in U.S. cities, young children were far more likely to...
 

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Are Public Expenditures Associated with Better Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across 50 States (with Irwin Garfinkel, Jay Bainbridge, Tim Smeeding, Nancy Folbre, and Sara McLanahan), Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (2005)
Our article utilizes variation across the fifty U.S. states to examine the relationship between public...