Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
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- Frank W. Heiland & Shirley H. Liu, 2006. "Family structure and wellbeing of out-of-wedlock children," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 15(4), pages 61-104, September.
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parental separation; family structure; educational attainment; child welfare;JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2004-08-23 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2004-08-23 (Education)
- NEP-LTV-2004-08-23 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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