Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration

Autor/inn/en	Finlay, Keith; Neumark, David
Titel	Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 45 (2010) 4, S.1046-1088 (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; Marriage; Family Structure; Males; Correctional Institutions; Institutionalized Persons; Marital Status; Correlation; High School Students; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Whites; Racial Differences; At Risk Persons + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ehe; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Jugendstrafvollzug; Familienstand; Korrelation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Risikogruppe
Abstract	Never-married motherhood is associated with worse educational outcomes for children. But this association may reflect other factors that also determine family structure, rather than causal effects. We use incarceration rates for men as instrumental variables in estimating the effect of never-married motherhood on the high school dropout rate of black and Hispanic children. We find that unobserved factors drive the negative relationship between never-married motherhood and child education, at least for children of women whose marriage decisions are affected by incarceration of men. For Hispanics we find evidence that these children actually may be better off living with a never-married mother. (Contains 38 footnotes, 11 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10