Divorce used to be biggest engine of single parenthood in America. No more. It's nonmarital childbearing cc@davidfrum http://t.co/J5yZtUukNW—
W Bradford Wilcox (@WilcoxNMP) June 10, 2015
Trends in what drives single motherhood
11 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Percentage of women who have ever cohabited
03 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce
The living arrangements of American children
01 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce, single parents
The family arrangements of US children in 2014 family-studies.org/more-than-60-o… http://t.co/qMEj5pM8iz—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) February 02, 2015
The family arrangements of US children in 2014, by parents' education family-studies.org/more-than-60-o… http://t.co/FG7vnORl5P—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) February 02, 2015
Trends in the age of marriage and the age of first cohabitation
27 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce
For men, age at 1st marriage rose from 25 to 27.5, while age at 1st cohabitation stayed around age 24. http://t.co/8XqfOWndLb—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) October 22, 2013
Chart: Since 1980s, women's age at 1st marriage has risen from 23 to 26. Age at cohabitation dropped from 23 to 22. http://t.co/kQlFBhdUqS—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) October 22, 2013
Family structure and children witnessing domestic violence
25 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, law and economics Tags: child abuse, child poverty, domestic violence, economics of the family, marriage and divorce, single parents
Children's likelihood of witnessing domestic violence, by family structure (w/ controls) family-studies.org/children-in-si… http://t.co/V1YGUZTSTh—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) January 05, 2015
The Rise of Remittances
20 May 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of love and marriage, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: economics of the family, remittances
The main drivers of child poverty
15 May 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, economics of the family, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents
CHART: Black Illegitimacy Rate Went from < 20% in 1950 to 75.2% in 2010. Has Obama ever mentioned that? http://t.co/1UBUQ5aLRi—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 12, 2015
Quotation of the Day from Charles Murray http://t.co/Y8W6xGjRPO—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 12, 2015
Helicopter parents alert: There’s never been a safer time to be a kid
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health and safety, health economics Tags: accident rates, capitalism and freedom, child rearing, economics of the family, health and safety, Helicopter parents, moral panic, The Great Escape
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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