Assortative Mating among Unmarried Parents: Implications for Ability to Pay Child Support

Assortative mating is of interest to both theoretical and applied social scientists. Previous research is based almost entirely on married couples and parents. In this paper we use data from the NSFG to examine assortative mating among unmarried parents in the US and to examine the robustness of est...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Population Economics. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 15(2002), 3, Seite 417-432
1. Verfasser: Garfinkel, Irwin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Glei, Dana, McLanahan, Sara S.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2002
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Population Economics
Schlagworte:H I J Assortative mating unmarried parents child support Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Education Social sciences mehr... Economics Law