Reading List | Conference on the Family |
Lenore J. Weitzman and Mavis Maclean (editors), The Economic Consequences of Divorce: The International Perspective, New York, Oxford University Press, 1992.
Andrew J. Cherlin (editor), The Changing American Family and Public Policy, Washington D.C., Urban Institute Press, 1988.
Cheryl Hayes, (editor), Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Childbearing, Washington, D.C. National Academy Press, 1987.
Shoshana Grossbard-Schectman, On the Economics of Marriage: A Theory of Marrigae, Labor and Divorce, Westview Press, Boulder Colorado, 1993.
Yoram Weiss, The Formation and Dissolution of Families: Why Marry? Who Marries Whom? And What Happens Upon Marriage and Divorce, ERC/NORC Discussion Paper Series, No. 92-7, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center, Economics Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, August 1993.
Alessandro Cigno, Economics of the Family, New York, Oxford University Press, 1991.
John Ermisch, Lone Parenthood: An Economic Analysis, Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Frances K. Goldsheider and Linda Waite, New Families, No Families?, The Transformation of the American Home, Berkely, California, Universaity of California Press, 1991.
W. Keith Bryant, The Economic Organization of the Household, Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Suzanne Bianchi, America's Children: Mixed Prospects, Washington D.C., Population Reference Bureau, June, 1990.
Edward P. Lazear and Robert T. Michael, Allocation of Income Within the Household, Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 1988.
John Ermisch, "Familia Oeconomica: A Survey of the Economics of the Family", in Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 40, No. 4, November 1993, pp. 353-374.
Suzanne M. Bianchi, "The Changing Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Single Parent Families", Marriage and Family Review, Vol. 20, No. 1-2, 1995, pp. 71-97.
Julie Da Vanzo and M. Omar Rahman, American Families, Trends and Policy Issues, RAND Paper, No. P-7854, December 16, 1993, RAND Santa Monica, California.
Julie Da Vanzo and M. Omar Rahman, "American Families: Policy Issues, Population Index, Vol. 59, Winter 1993, No. 4, pp. 547-566.
Julie Da Vanzo and M. Omar Rahman, "American Families: Trends and Correlates", Population Index, Vol. 59, Fall 1993, No. 3, pp. 350-386.
David Popenoe, "American Family Decline, 1960-1990: A Review and Appraisal" in Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 55, No. 3, August 1993, pp. 527-555.
Larry L. Bumpass, "What's Happening to the Family" in Demography, Vol. 27, No. 4, November 1990, pp. 483-498.
David T. Elwood and Jonathan Crane "Family Change Among Black Americans: What Do We Know?" in The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 4, Number 4, Fall 1990, pp. 65-84.
Dennis A. Ahlburg and Carol J. Da Vita, "New Realities of the American Family", Population Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 2, August 1992, pp. 1-41.
Mary Jane Bane and Paul A. Jargowsky, "The Links Between Government Policy and Family Structure: What Matters and What Doesn't" in Andrew J. Cherlin (editor), The Changing American Family and Public Policy, Washington D.C., Urban Institute Press, 1988, pp. 219-261.
Andrew J. Cherlin, "The Changing American Family and Public Policy" in Andrew J. Cherlin (editor), The Changing American Family and Public Policy, Washington D.C., Urban Institute Press, 1988, pp. 1-29.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND CHILDBEARING
Wendy D. Manning and Pamela J. Smock, "Why Marry? Race and Transition to Marriage Among Cohabitors", Population Research Institute Working Paper, No. 94-18, Pennsylvania State University, Population Research Institute, University Park, Pennsylvania, May 1994.
Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak, "Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 101, No. 6, Dec. 1993, pp. 988-1010.
Thomas J. Espenshade, Marriage Trends in America: Estimates, Implications, and Underlying Causes", Population and Development Review, Volume 11, Number 2, June, 1985, pp. 193-245.
Causes:
Elaine McCrate, "Accounting for the Slowdown in the Divorce Rate in the 1980s: A Bargaining Perspective", Review of Social Economy, Vol. 50, Winter 1992, pp. 404-419.
Robert T. Michael, "Why Did the U.S. Divorce Rate Double Within a Decade?" in Research in Population Economics, Vol. 6, edited by T. Paul Schultz, Greenwich Connecticut, JAI Press, 1988, pp. 367-399.
Consequences:
Pamela J. Smock, "Gender and Short-run Economic Consequences of Marital Disruption, Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 1, September 1994, pp. 243-262.
Pamela J. Smock, "The Economic Costs of Marital Disruption for Young Women Over the Past Two Decades", Demography, Vol. 30, No. 3, August 1993, pp. 353-372.
Karen C. Holden and Pamela J. Smock, "The Economic Costs of Marital Dissolution, Why Do Women Bear a Disproportionate Cost?", Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 17, 1991. pp. 51-78.
Richard V. Burkhauser, Gregg J. Duncan, Richard Hauser and Roland Berntsen, "Wife or Frau, Women Do Worse: A Comparison of Men and Women in the United States and Germany Following Marital Dissolution", Demography, Vol. 28, No. 3, August 1991.
Chong-Bum An, Robert Haveman and Barbara Wolfe, "Teen Out-of-wedlock Births and Welfare Receipt: the Role of Childhood Events and Economic Circumstances", Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol.75, No. 2, May 1993, pp. 195-208.
Arline T. Geronimus and Sanders Korenmn, "The Socioeconomic Consequences of Teen-age Childbearing Reconsidered", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, Vol. 107, No. 4, pp 1187-1214.
Ronald R. Rindfus and Allan M. Parnell, "The Varying Connection Between Marital Status and Chilbearing in the United States", Population and Development Review, Volume 15, Number 3, September 1989, pp. 447-470.
FAMILY CHANGE AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Sonalde Desai, "Children at Risk: The Role of Family Structure in Latin America and West Africa" in Population and Development Review, Volume 18, Number 4, December, 1992, pp. 689-717.
Martin Browning, "Children and Household Economic Behaviour", Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 30, No. 3, Sept. 1992, pp. 434-475.
Susan Bianchi, America's Children: Mixed Prospects, Washington D.C., Population Reference Bureau, June, 1990.
Dianne J. Macunovitch and Richard A. Easterlin, "How Parents Have Coped: The Effect of Life Cycle Demographic Decisions on the Economic Status of Pre-School Age Children, 1964-1987, in Population and Development Review, Volume 16, Number 2, June 1990, pp. 301-325.
Samuel H. Preston, "Children and the Elderly: Divergent Paths for America's Dependents", Demography, Volume 21, No. 4, Nov. 1984, pp. 435-457
FAMILY DECISION MAKING - TESTING THE THEORIES
Randall J. Olsen, "Fertility and the Size of the U.S. Labor Force", Journal of Economic Literature, Volume XXXII, No. 1, 1994, pp. 60-100.
Richard A. Easterlin, Christine M. Schaeffer and Dianne J. Macunovitch, "Will the Baby Boomers Be Less Well Off Than Their Parents? Income Wealth and Family Circumstances Over the Life Cycle in the United States" in Population and Development Review, Volume 19, Number 3, September 1993, pp. 497-522.
Vijayendra Rao, "The Rising Price of Husbands: A Hedonic Analysis of Dowry Increases in Rural India", in Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 101, no. 4, August 1993, pp. 666-677.
Vijayendra Rao, "Dowry 'Inflation' in Rural India: A Statistical Investigation", in Population Studies, Vol. 47, No. 2, July 1993, pp. 283-293.
Richard A. Easterlin, "The New Age Structure of Poverty" in Population and Development Review, Volume 13, Number 2, June 1987, pp. 195-208.
Elwood Carlson, "Inverted Easterlin Fertility Cycles and Kornai's Soft Budget Constraint", in Population and Development Review, Volume 18, Number 4, September 1993, pp. 497-522.
Amartya Sen, "Cooperation, Inequality and the Family", in Rural Development and Population: Institutions and Policy, Geoffrey Mc Nicoll and Meade Cain (editors) Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 61-76.
T. Paul Schultz, "Testing the Neoclassical Model of Family Labor Supply and Fertility", The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 25, No. 4, Fall 1990, pp. 599-634.
Gary Becker, "Family Economics and Macro Behavior" in the American Economic Review, Volume 78, Number 1, 1988, pp. 1-13.
Warren Robinson, "The Time Cost of Children and Other Production", Population Studies, Volume 41, 1987, pp. 313-323.
Deborah S. DeGraff and Richard E. Bilsborrow, "Female-Headed Households and Family Welfare in Rural Ecuador, in Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1993, pp. 317-336.