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The Role of Fathers in Reducing Income-Based Inequalities in Children's Behavioral Outcomes

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  • Lenna Nepomnyaschy

    (Rutgers University)

  • Daniel Miller

    (Boston University)

  • Maureen Waller

    (Cornell University)

  • Sarah Gold

    (Rutgers University)

Abstract

Low-income children have far worse academic and behavioral outcomes than their more affluent peers. Research suggests that fathers’ involvement with children can help improve these outcomes, but major social and economic changes have hampered low-income fathers' ability to be involved with their children. In this study, using data on 5, 9, and 15-year old children from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine the extent to which father involvement (residence, engagement in activities, positive co-parenting, and material contributions) reduces inequality in behavioral outcomes (internalizing, externalizing and delinquent behaviors) between children in low and higher-income families. We follow a decomposition framework, exploring whether income-based differences in the levels of involvement or in the ‘effects’ of involvement can reduce differences in child outcomes. We control for an extensive set of factors, including outcomes at the prior wave, and estimate individual fixed effects models to account for unobserved differences between families.

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  • Lenna Nepomnyaschy & Daniel Miller & Maureen Waller & Sarah Gold, 2017. "The Role of Fathers in Reducing Income-Based Inequalities in Children's Behavioral Outcomes," Working Papers wp17-18-ff, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:crcwel:wp17-18-ff
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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