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The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families: A replication and update

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  • Yoo, Jiyoung
  • Lim, Younghee

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This present study replicates and updates Ozawa and Kim's study [Ozawa, M.N., & Kim, R.Y. (1999). The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families. Children and Youth Services Review, 21(7), 527-547.] of the trend in the income status of children in female-headed families compared to married-couple families and male-headed families. Using the March 1992, 1999, and 2006 Current Population Surveys (CPS), this study estimates income distribution at three stages: pre-transfer income, pre-transfer income plus social insurance benefits, and post-transfer income. This study found that children in female-headed families lost economic ground to children in married-couple families both at the pre-transfer and post-transfer income stages over the years under this investigation, but the greatest loss appeared at the post-transfer income distribution. Compared to children in male-headed families, children in female-headed families gained small economic ground at both income stages. Unexpectedly, this study also found that decline in the distributive effect of both social insurance and means-tested income transfers occurred for all children across all types of families. Policy implications are discussed.

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  • Yoo, Jiyoung & Lim, Younghee, 2009. "The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families: A replication and update," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 482-488, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:31:y:2009:i:4:p:482-488
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    1. Robert A. Moffitt, 2003. "The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program," NBER Chapters, in: Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, pages 291-364, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Ozawa, Martha N. & Kim, Rebecca Y., 1999. "The trend in the income status of children in female-headed families," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(7), pages 527-547, July.
    3. Robert A. Moffitt, 2003. "Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number moff03-1, March.
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