Ron Haskins

Sara S. McLanahan

Elisabeth Donahue

This second volume of The Future of Children examines family formation and child well being, with a particular focus on marriage. The authors look at the history of marriage in America, the changes in family formation and the effect of these changes on economic and social outcomes for children, and the effect of marriage policy on specific subgroups such as low-income, minority, and homosexual families. The volume also provides a review of programs that have tried to increase and stabilize marriage as well as the impact of tax and transfer policies on marriage. Contents Introduction and Overview, Sara McLanahan, Ron Haskins, and Elisabeth Donahue The Emergence of Marriage as a Public Issue, Steve Nock, University of Virginia American Marriage in the Early Twenty-First Century, Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University The Impact of Family Formation Change on Family Income, Isabel Sawhill, Brookings Institution, and Adam Thomas, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social and Emotional Wellbeing of the next Generation, Paul Amato, Pennsylvania State University Family Formation Choices of Low-Income and Minority Families, Kathryn Edin, University of Pennsylvania and Joanna Reed, Northwestern University Marriage Initiatives: What Might Work?, Robin Dion, Mathematica Policy Research Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America's Children, Jonathan Rauch, National Journal and the Brookings Institution, and William Meezan, University of Michigan Tax and Transfer Policy", C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute

Marriage and Child Wellbeing

The Future of Children: Fall 2005

Isabel V. Sawhill

A Brookings Institution Press and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University publication This semiannual journal provides research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children. This volume features the following articles: Improving Children's Prospects: An Overview Our Elementary and Secondary Schools: Equalizing Opportunity or Replicating the Status Quo? Children's Health and Social Mobility Making It in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility

Sara S. McLanahan

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