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Marriage and Parental Investment in Children

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Brendan Saloner

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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Should the government promote marriages among the disadvantaged?

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Brendan Saloner

Perhaps the most socially divisive question in post welfare reform America has been whether the federal government should encourage unmarried parents to wed. The Bush administration plowed hundreds of millions of dollars into its Healthy Marriage Initiative, a program that … Continue reading →

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