, but includes few men who fathered children out of wedlock. This paper asks whether increasing marriage (and possibly …

, but includes few men who fathered children out of wedlock. This paper asks whether increasing marriage (and possibly …

continuity of children’s schooling. …

, have led to an unprecedented number of children more than 1.7 million in 2007 affected by paternal imprisonment. The … and criminality among their children. This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to assess … patterns of delinquency among school-aged children, and particularly, differences in delinquency by fathers’ incarceration …

causal nature of this relationship. Most notably, the majority of incarcerated fathers were living apart from their children … their children’s lives, or simply reinforces a pre-existing absence. In this paper, we use a population-based sample of … fathers who become incarcerated had maintained a degree of contact with their children, which is compromised upon …

children. We find that doubling up is a very important private safety net in the first few years of a child’s life, especially …

motivated recent research on the effects of parental imprisonment on children’s development. We contribute to this literature … developmental and school readiness outcomes for approximately 3,000 urban children. We estimate cross-sectional and longitudinal … incarceration is positively associated with children’s externalizing problems at age five. Results are mixed with respect to …

motivated recent research on the effects of parental imprisonment on children’s development. We contribute to this literature … developmental and school readiness outcomes for approximately 3,000 urban children. We estimate cross-sectional and longitudinal … incarceration is positively associated with children’s externalizing problems at age five. Results are mixed with respect to …