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You can find the sources for specific topics by clicking on them in the provisional agenda.
I. OPENING REMARKS
II. THE ECONOMIC ROLES OF FAMILIES
"What Are the Economic Benefits of Marriage?"
(Damon Gacicia and Yhu Kuni)
"Economic Reasons for the Rise and Fall of Families"
III. THE COLLAPSE OF THE FAMILY: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
"What is Happening to The American Family?"
"Economic Trends and the Decline of the African-American Family"
IV. FAMILY CHANGE AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
"Are America's Children Being Cheated By the Elderly?
"Have Baby Boomers Traded Their Children For Material Wealth?"
IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
II. THE ECONOMIC ROLES OF FAMILIES
"What are the Economic Benefits of Marriage?"
Linda J. Waite, "Does Marriage Matter?" in Demography, Vol. 32, No. 4, November 1995, pp. 483-507.
Robert F. Schoeni, "Marital Status and Earnings in Developed Countries", Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 8, 1995, pp. 351-359.
Jeffrey S. Gray, "The Fall in Men's Return to Marriage: Declining Productivity Effects or Changing Selection?", The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1997, pp. 481-504.
Christopher Cornwell and Peter Rupert; "Unobservable Individual Effects, Marriage and the Earnings of Young Men", Economic Inquiry, Vol. 35, April 1997, pp. 285-294.
"Economic Reasons for the Rise and Fall of Families"
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.
Theodore C. Bergstrom, "Economics in a Family Way", Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, December, 1996, pp. 1903-1934.
Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak, "Bargaining and Distribution in Marriage", in The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 10, No. 4, Fall 1996, pp. 139-158.
Shelly Lundberg, Robert Pollak and Terrance Wales, "Do Husbands and Wives Pool Their Resources?", The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1997, pp. 463-479.
III. THE COLLAPSE OF THE FAMILY: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
"What is Happening to The American Family?"
Larry L. Bumpass, "What's Happening to the Family" in Demography, Vol. 27, No. 4, November 1990, pp. 483-498.
Julie Da Vanzo and M. Omar Rahman, "American Families: Trends and Correlates", Population Index, Vol. 59, Fall 1993, No. 3, pp. 350-386.
"Economic Trends and the Decline of the African-American Family"
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.
Daniel Lichter, Diane McLaughlin and David Ribar, "Welfare and the Rise in Female-Headed Families" American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 103, No. 1, July 1997, pp. 112-143.
James L. Starkey, "Race Differences in the Effect of Unemployment on Marital Instability: A Socioeconomic Analysis", Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 25, No. 6, 1996, pp. 683-720.
Philip K. Robbins and Paul Fronstin, "Welfare Benefits and Birth Decisions of Never Married Women", Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 15, February 1996, pp. 21-43.
IV. FAMILY CHANGE AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
"Are America's Children Being Cheated By the Elderly?
Samuel H. Preston, "Children and the Elderly: Divergent Paths for America's Dependents", Demography, Volume 21, No. 4, Nov. 1984, pp. 435-457
Richard A. Easterlin, "The New Age Structure of Poverty" in Population and Development Review, Volume 13, Number 2, June 1987, pp. 195-208.
Dianne J. Macunovich 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.
"Have Baby Boomers Traded Their Children For Material Wealth?"
Richard A. Easterlin, Christine M. Schaeffer and Diane J. Macunovich, "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.
Richard A. Easterlin, Christine MacDonald and Diane J. Macunovich, "How Have American Baby Boomers Fared? Earnings and Economic Well-being of Young Adults", 1964-1987. In Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 3, 1990, pp. 277-290.
II. THE ECONOMIC ROLES OF FAMILIES
"What Are the Economic Benefits of Marriage?"
"Economic Reasons for the Rise and Fall of Families"
III. THE COLLAPSE OF THE FAMILY: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
"What is Happening to The American Family?"
"Economic Trends and the Decline of the African-American Family"
IV. FAMILY CHANGE AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN
"Are America's Children Being Cheated By the Elderly?
"Have Baby Boomers Traded Their Children For Material Wealth?"
"What Are the Economic Benefits of Marriage?"
"Economic Reasons for the Rise and Fall of Families"
"What is Happening to The American Family?"
"Economic Trends and the Decline of the African-American Family"
"Are America's Children Being Cheated By the Elderly?