43.1% of single mothers are living in poverty this #MothersDay statusofwomendata.org http://t.co/OgWcmvLnDZ—
IWPR (@IWPResearch) May 10, 2015
Single motherhood and the feminisation of poverty
31 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, child poverty, economics and fertility, engines of liberation, family poverty, marriage and divorce, marriage premium, single mothers, single parents
The trouble with boys
31 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, welfare reform Tags: economics of the family, lost boys, reversing gender gap, single mothers, single parents
The Trouble w Boys: U Chicago study: boys fr non-intact homes esp likely to struggle in school nber.org/papers/w17541 http://t.co/31xyA4BVQH—
W Bradford Wilcox (@WilcoxNMP) June 18, 2015
Did Mass Incarceration Destroy the Black Family?
28 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, labour economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, population economics, poverty and inequality, unemployment, urban economics, welfare reform Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, economics of the family, racial discrimination, single mothers, single parents, teen pregnancies
Did Mass Incarceration Destroy the Black Family? Not exactly. bit.ly/1f8jgXm http://t.co/1q2nKJnU9W—
City Journal (@CityJournal) August 13, 2015
US Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates
16 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, gender, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, population economics, welfare reform Tags: abortion, economics of fertility, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents, teen pregnancy
US Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates since 1972 http://t.co/mwR1U6WJg8—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) August 06, 2015
Creative destruction in household types
25 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics Tags: creative destruction, household production, marital division of labour, Population demographics, single mothers, single parents
Number and Type of Households since 1940
More income graphics: bit.ly/11be39y http://t.co/noyPIlRRCa—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) July 11, 2013
US Illegitimacy Rates
24 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, population economics Tags: child poverty, economics of the family, family poverty, single mothers, single parents
CHART of the DAY: US Illegitimacy Rates http://t.co/TcbPo1Yhf9—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 12, 2015
Cumulative probability of a parent in prison by the age of 14
24 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, incarceration rates, single parents
What are some economic & social costs of crime & incarceration in the U.S? See 10 facts: bit.ly/1xvWAo2 http://t.co/6YNKYi6f43—
The Hamilton Project (@hamiltonproj) April 13, 2015
Unwanted pregnancy rates and education
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: economics of fertility, economics of the family, single parents
Poverty rates by age of youngest child – USA, UK, Canada and Australia
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: poverty rates by age of youngest child, 2004
Poverty rates by number of children – USA, UK, Canada and Australia
08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: poverty rates of adults aged 20 to 54 by presence of children, 2004
Child poverty certainly didn’t go up after the 1996 federal welfare reforms
01 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in gender, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 1996, child poverty, economics of fertility, single mothers, single parents, taxation and the labour supply, welfare reforms
Working population poverty is unchanged despite declines in elderly and child poverty #PovertyIs http://t.co/i7O7dTEUg2—
Political Line (@PoliticalLine) June 19, 2015
% of children living with 2 parents
23 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
% of children living with 2 parents
Israel 92%
Egypt 89
Turkey 88
Brazil 72
US 69
S Africa 36worldfamilymap.org/2014/e-ppendix… http://t.co/GveypeU6tK—
Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) June 22, 2014
Child poverty rates in single parent and couple families, Anglo-Saxon countries
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, economics of the family, family poverty, Ireland, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: Child poverty rates by family type, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD Family Database; Poverty thresholds are set at 50% of the median income of the entire population.
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