There has been a lack of debate between and frameworks for theories of the causes of
poverty. This article proposes that most theories of poverty can be productively categorized …

Over the past decade, the linkages between marriage and child well‐being have attracted
the attention of researchers and policy makers alike. Children's living arrangements have …

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 …

Family structure remains a dominant explanation for understanding racial inequality in
poverty. Yet, empirical studies show family structure does not fully account for this …

Poverty is not simply the result of an individual's characteristics, behaviors or abilities.
Rather, as David Brady demonstrates, poverty is the result of politics. In Rich Democracies …

Nearly every European Country has experienced some increase in nonmarital childbearing,
largely due to increasing births within cohabitation. Relatively few studies in Europe …

Cohabitation is now the modal path to marriage in the United States. Drawing on data from
115 in‐depth interviews with cohabitors from the working and lower middle classes, this …

In this article, we use data from a new longitudinal survey—the Fragile Families and Child
Wellbeing Study—to examine union formation among unmarried parents who have just had …

Over the last twenty years it has become recognized that fathers play a crucial role in child
development and subsequent adult status and behaviour. This book presents the state-of …

Objective To assess whether an indicator of structural racism—the legacy of slavery—
impacts racial inequality in poverty among individuals within the same family structure …