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Marriage and Parental Investment in Children
Marriage ain’t what it used to be. Consider that: In 1950, almost half of all women were married by age 20 and for men the age was 23. By 2010, the median age of first marriage had increased to about … Continue reading
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Tagged children, cohabitation, divorce, economics of the family, marriage
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Did Labour’s social policies fail or succeed 1997-2010?
It’s impossible to begin telling a story without knowing the ending. So after 13 years in office (1997-2010), it is only now possible to write the story of New Labour’s social policy record – what they aimed to do, what … Continue reading
Educational Inequalities in Parents’ Time with Children
In a guest post, Pablo Gracia looks at inequalities in how parents spend time with their children, using his own research on the UK and Spain – and then considers the likely causes, consequences, and what this might all mean for … Continue reading
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Tagged children, cross-national research, meritocracy, theorising inequality
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Immigration reform without public benefits
Any viable immigration reform proposal in the United States senate has to pass through Florida Republican Marcio Rubio. That’s why it was big news when Rubio announced his support for a bipartisan plan on the Sunday news shows, stressing that … Continue reading
Ease off the alarm bells: New data on ADHD diagnosis rates
The New York Times has a cover story today reporting on the estimated prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health (they don’t identify the survey by name). The story is going to get a lot … Continue reading
When do charter schools work?
Are KIPP schools the solution to what ails the poorest, most disadvantaged urban students? The KIPP educational paradigm rests on a few core principles (“the Five Pillars”) – High Expectations, Choice and Commitment, More Time, Power to Lead, and Focus … Continue reading
The Cost of a Disabled Sibling
If you have brothers or sisters, then you already know that an important piece of your childhood experience is out of your control. You cannot control whether your siblings are kind or cruel, generous or stingy, and you certainly cannot … Continue reading
Inequality Roundup, Stories in the News
Today I want to post a roundup of some items in the news that piqued my interest, we have poverty measurement, disabilities, spending on children in the US, Medicaid and mortality, getting high schoolers to go to college, and health/income … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disability, health, health insurance, higher education, poverty
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The Earned Income Tax Credit is a Very Good Investment in Infant Health
Welfare reform was a battle fought over the wisdom of using federal dollars to supplement the incomes of low-income mothers and their children. Yet, even as Congress in the 1990s worked to cut cash assistance in the Aid to Dependent … Continue reading
U.S. Disparities in Adolescent Homicide and Auto Fatalities Over Time
In health and social policy we often focus on problems that are bad and getting worse (think obesity or autism among children). Some problems are bad but getting better, and we can learn quite a lot from studying those problems … Continue reading
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Tagged accidents, children, crime, health, injury, social determinants of health
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