Research on divorce: Continuing trends and new developments

PR Amato - Journal of marriage and family, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Research on divorce during the past decade has focused on a range of topics, including the
predictors of divorce, associations between divorce and the well‐being of children and …

[PDF][PDF] Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage: mobility or immobility across generations?

AC d'Addio - 2007 - researchgate.net
OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS Intergenerational
Transmission of Disadvantage: Mobility or Immobility acro Page 1 DELSA/ELSA/WD/SEM(2007)7 …

Family structure, father involvement, and adolescent behavioral outcomes

MJ Carlson - Journal of marriage and family, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Research has shown that living away from one's biological father is associated with a
greater risk of adverse child and adolescent outcomes; yet, the role of the father‐child …

[KNJIGA][B] The Well-Being of Nations: The Role of Human and Social Capital. Education and Skills.

T Healy, S Côté - 2001 - ERIC
In a rapidly changing world, the success of nations, communities, and individuals may be
linked, more than ever before, to how they adapt to change, learn, and share knowledge …

Family structure and children's educational outcomes: Blended families, stylized facts, and descriptive regressions

DK Ginther, RA Pollak - Demography, 2004 - read.dukeupress.edu
This article adds to the growing literature describing correlations between children's
educational outcomes and family structure. Popular discussions have focused on the …

Making it in America: High school completion by immigrant and native youth

KM Perreira, KM Harris, D Lee - Demography, 2006 - Springer
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we find
that first-generation youth of Hispanic, Asian, and African heritage obtain more education …

Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and differences across nations

PR Amato, S James - Family Science, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Although the United States has the highest divorce rate of any Western nation, divorce rates
have been increasing in almost all European countries. In this review, we compare studies …

Are social networking sites a source of online harassment for teens? Evidence from survey data

A Sengupta, A Chaudhuri - Children and Youth Services Review, 2011 - Elsevier
Media reports on incidences of abuse on the internet, particularly among teenagers, are
growing at an alarming rate causing much concern among parents of teenagers and …

The schooling costs of teenage out-of-wedlock childbearing: Analysis with a within-school propensity-score-matching estimator

DI Levine, G Painter - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003 - direct.mit.edu
Teen out-of-wedlock mothers have lower education and earnings than do peers who have
children later. This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of 1988 to …

Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden

A Björklund, DK Ginther, M Sundström - Journal of population economics, 2007 - Springer
Previous research shows that living in a non-intact family is associated with educational
disadvantages. This paper compares the relationships between childhood family structure …