, 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 …

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 …

, 45 percent of British children were born outside of marriage, up from 8 percent in 1971. A similar trend appears in the … the parents and children in these families. In this paper we compare and contrast families formed by married and unmarried … parents during the first five years after child’s birth. An emerging body of research indicates that children’s experiences in …

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 …