Family life and economic status are closely intertwined. Fertility, family formation, family structure, parental relationship dissolution, multiple-partner fertility, and family complexity patterns vary by socioeconomic status, as do parenting behaviors and the quality of children’s home environments. The family contexts in which children are born and raised are, in turn, associated with their own economic and social well-being throughout their lives.
Involved fathers play an important role in children’s lives
- Fast Focus
- February 2020
Pathways to Prosperity and Well-Being: A New Family-Centered Approach to Human Services Delivery
- Leigh Durbahn, Paul Fleissner, Jenny Douville, and Sook Jin Ong
- Webinar
- January 15 2020
Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”
- Fast Focus
- January 2020
Strengthening Relationships Between Noncustodial Fathers and the Mothers of Their Children
- Tova Walsh and Darryl Davidson
- Webinar
- November 20 2019
Understanding benefit cliffs and marginal tax rates
- Fast Focus
- September 2019
Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of Investments in Quality Child Care
- Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall
- Podcast
- August 2019
Culture change: Implementing a new approach to child support
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Lanikque Howard
- Focus & Focus+
- July 2019
Can a redesigned child support system do better?
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Robert G. Wood
- Focus & Focus+
- July 2019
Do low-income noncustodial fathers “trade” earlier families for newer ones?
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, Angela Guarin, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus & Focus+
- July 2019
The brain science of poverty and its policy implications
- Fast Focus
- June 2019