This paper examines changes in marriage as an institution for rearing children in the United
States. It reviews the effects of marital instability and living arrangements on children's …

We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have
we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt …

Contrary to conventional thinking, the majority of partnered men in the United States lose
economic status when their unions dissolve. Using data from the Panel Study of Income …

We present a biosocial model of human male parental care that allows male parental
allocations to be influenced not only by changes in the fitness (welfare) of the recipient …

The claim that fathers “swap” families when they form new ones—that is, they shift
allegiances from nonresident children to new residential children (eg, Furstenberg, 1995) …

Abstract We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child data to address three
questions. First, does the receipt of child support have beneficial effects for children with …

I use three waves of panel data to examine the relationship between child support payments
and fathers' contact with their nonmarital children. I disaggregate support into fathers' formal …

Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n= 844), we
examine the impact of divorce on father-child relationship quality and fathers' psychological …

Using the 1994–1998 waves of the Current Population Survey—Child Support Supplement
(N= 5,387), the aims of this study are to document child support obligation rates of …

This book explores the topic of family obligations following changes in family structure
caused by divorce and remarriage. Family obligations are commonly defined as the rights …