| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w30078
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 30078
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| The \u201cCollege Gap\u201d in Marriage and Children\u2019s Family Structure |
| Melissa Schettini Kearney
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| 发表日期 | 2022-05-30
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| 出版年 | 2022
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on US Census data, the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and US vital statistics birth data. First, there is a large gap in the share of children living with married parents (or two parents) that favors the children of college-educated mothers, both overall and within race and ethnic groups. Second, the decline in the share of children living in married parent families primarily reflects an increase in non-marital childbearing, not a rise in divorce. Third, the widening college gap in children’s family structure corresponds to a widening college gap in marriage rates, both overall and within race and ethnic groups. The paper briefly discusses evidence suggesting a causal link between the eroding economic position of men without a four-year college degree and their declining marriage rates. Fourth, the rise in the share of children living with an unpartnered mother has happened despite a sizable decrease in births to teens, women in their 20s, and women with less than a high school degree. Fifth, the college gap in family structure has contributed to the widening college gap in household income, accentuating widening earnings inequality. These trends have the potential to exacerbate class gaps in children’s outcomes and undermine social mobility. |
| 主题 | Labor Economics
; Demography and Aging
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w30078
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/587752
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Melissa Schettini Kearney. The \u201cCollege Gap\u201d in Marriage and Children\u2019s Family Structure. 2022.
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