Summary Jane Waldfogel, Terry-Ann Craigie, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn review recent
studies that use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to …

Over the past four decades, income inequality has increased and family structures have
diversified. We argue that family structure has become an important mechanism for the …

This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF (in vitro fertilization) induced fertility
variation among childless women to estimate the causal effect of having children on their …

This article develops a framework for analyzing the risks of poverty in terms of prevalences
(share of the population with a risk) and penalties (increased probability of poverty …

We document key facts about marriage and divorce, comparing trends through the past 150
years and outcomes across demographic groups and countries. While divorce rates have …

Using difference‐in‐difference and difference‐in‐difference‐in‐difference designs, we study
California's Paid Family Leave (CA‐PFL) program, the first source of government‐provided …

This paper exploits the variation occurring from the different timing of divorce law reforms
across the United States to evaluate how unilateral divorce changed family violence and …

Parenting daughters, sociologists have shown, increases feminist sympathies. I test the
hypothesis that children, much like neighbors or peers, can influence parental behavior. I …

The prevalence of son preference and its implications for family behaviour in developing
countries have received a great deal of scholarly attention, but child-gender bias is believed …

Marriage between two parents, compared with other family living arrangements, appears, on
average, to enhance children's wellbeing and development. Some of the positive …