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- Title
Marriage and State-level Economic Outcomes.
- Authors
Lerman, Robert I.; Price, Joseph; Shumway, Adam; Wilcox, W. Bradford
- Abstract
Past research has examined various state-level measures that predict state economic growth and other economic and social indicators. This research has largely ignored the potential role of family structure in contributing to state-level outcomes, despite the extensive literature on links between family structure and economic outcomes at the individual level. We estimated a state-level panel model and found that both the proportion of adults and the proportion of parents who are married are strongly related to important state-level economic outcomes, including economic growth, median household income, median personal income, and poverty.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE &; economics; ECONOMIC development; FAMILIES &; economics; POVERTY; INCOME
- Publication
Journal of Family & Economic Issues, 2018, Vol 39, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
1058-0476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10834-017-9540-9