The literature on father absence is frequently criticized for its use of cross-sectional data and
methods that fail to take account of possible omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We …

Over the past four decades, income inequality has increased and family structures have
diversified. We argue that family structure has become an important mechanism for the …

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful,
authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological …

Popular discussions of changes in American families over the past 60 years have revolved
around the “retreat from marriage.” Concern has focused on increasing levels of nonmarital …

The authors used child fixed effects models to estimate the effects of parental divorce and
death on a variety of outcomes using 2 large national data sets:(a) the Early Childhood …

Sexual and asexual reproduction are found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms.
Asexual reproduction has its advantages, chief among which is that it does not require the …

Citing valid as well as questionable evidence, both the media and social scientists have for
decades now portrayed the family as an endangered species: evermore citizens opt for …

Spanning over four decades, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the world's
longest running household panel survey. The resulting data archive presents research …

Although the United States has the highest divorce rate of any Western nation, divorce rates
have been increasing in almost all European countries. In this review, we compare studies …

Psychologists in both basic and applied fields are keenly interested in the environmental
influences that shape our lives. Therefore, researchers test causal hypotheses to construct …