Journal of Family and Economic Issues

2006 - 2025

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Volume 46, issue 1, 2025

Money Talks: Testing a Series of Financial Literacy Modules to Encourage Financial Conversations in Middle School Families pp. 1-20

Yesenia Alvarez Padilla, Cäzilia Loibl and Barbara Boone

Time Pressure in Employed Parents of Adolescents: The Role of Work and Family Drivers and Workplace Supports pp. 1-14

Jasmine Love, Stacey Hokke and Amanda R Cooklin

Love, Money and Involved Parenting? Associations Between Parents’ Perceptions of Economic Inequality, Financial Scarcity, and Their School Involvement pp. 21-34

Stijn Van Petegem, Cindy Eira Nunes, Bénédicte Mouton, Annalisa Soncini, Elli-Anastasia Lamprianidou, Nino Skhirtladze and Emilio Paolo Visintin

How does Urban-to-Urban Migration of Youth Affect the Health of Left-Behind Parents? Evidence from China pp. 35-53

Jing Zhao and Yiwen Shangguan

Navigating Financial Storms: Does Dyadic Coping Buffer the Association Between Daily Financial Stress and Emotional Well-Being? pp. 54-66

Shinae L. Choi, Casey J. Totenhagen, Theodore S. Tomeny and Rebecca S. Allen

Father Engagement in Low-Income Families: The Role of Workplace Characteristics and Gender Roles pp. 67-78

Diego I. Barcala-Delgado and Maureen Perry-Jenkins

A Psychometric Evaluation of the Couples’ Financial Communication Scale: Findings and Implications from Two Large, Diverse Samples pp. 93-106

Matthew T. Saxey, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Francesca Adler-Baeder and Ashley B. LeBaron-Black

Inter-Role Conflict Cycle: Family Distress in Work–Family Dynamics with Job and Home Demands pp. 107-121

Ika Zenita Ratnaningsih and Mohd Awang Idris

Hide and Seek with Finances: Financial Infidelity and Financial Snooping in Relationships pp. 122-135

Morgan Joseph and Johanna Peetz

Financial Planning Discrepancy in Couple Relationships: A Dyadic Response Surface Analysis pp. 136-145

Zhao Na, Duan Yujia and Wang Yiheng

Status Seeking and Work-Family Conflicts: How the Pursuit of Wealth and Success Threatens Family Peace in 26 Countries pp. 146-166

Stephanie Hess and Christian Schneickert

Employment Vulnerability and Union Dissolution: Evidence on Intentions and Behaviors in Times of COVID-19 in Five European Countries pp. 167-189

Francesca Luppi, Francesca Zanasi and Alessandro Rosina

Correction to: Employment Vulnerability and Union Dissolution: Evidence on Intentions and Behaviors in Times of COVID-19 in Five European Countries pp. 190-193

Francesca Luppi, Francesca Zanasi and Alessandro Rosina

The Impact of Early Fertility Shocks on Women’s Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes pp. 194-227

Ali Abboud

Young Women’s Financial Satisfaction: The Roles of Financial Decision-Making Power, Spousal Relative Resources, and Personal Financial Characteristics pp. 228-245

Lu Fan and Soomin Ryu

Family Financial Socialisation and its Impact on Financial Confidence, Intentions, and Behaviours among New Zealand Adolescents pp. 246-258

Steve Agnew and Valerie A. Sotardi

German Parents Attaining Intrapersonal Work-Family Balance While Implementing the 50/50-Split-Model with Their Partners pp. 259-276

Ronja Schaber, Tirza Patella, Josefine Simm and Susan Garthus-Niegel

Do Traditional Family Values Affect Household Asset Allocation? — Empirical from China pp. 277-296

Jingjing Ye and Lulu Zhao

The Will to Sustain Through Shocks, Wars and Crises: How the History of a Country Influences the Behaviour of the Family CEO pp. 297-318

Soumaya El Hayek Sfeir and Andreas Kallmuenzer

Life in Perpetual Overdraft: Are Poor Households Doomed to Always be in Debt? pp. 319-329

Oshra Costa-Agmon and Hanna Gendel-Guterman

Volume 45, issue 4, 2024

Financial Socialization, Financial Identity, and Financial Well-Being Among University Students Taking a Consumer Economics Course pp. 1-16

Brandan E. Wheeler and Cecilia Brooks

Time To Turn Another Page pp. 785-785

Joyce Serido

Financial Stress as an Antecedent of Financial Snooping Attitudes pp. 786-799

Morgan Joseph and Johanna Peetz

Gender and the Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United States: Variation by Race and Ethnicity pp. 800-818

Pamela J. Smock, Kristen Tzoc and Deborah Carr

Division of Financial Responsibility within Mixed-Gender Couples pp. 819-835

Marcin Hitczenko

Does Debt Affect Divorce? Evidence from China pp. 836-851

Yilin Guo, Cheng Zhang and Cheng Tang

Financial Resilience in China: Conceptual Framework, Risk and Protective Factors, and Empirical Evidence pp. 852-875

Zewei Liu and Ji-Kang Chen

Time Poverty among the Young Working Poor: A Pathway from Low Wage to Psychological Well-being through Work-to-Family-Conflict pp. 892-906

Irene Y.H. Ng, Zhi Han Tan and Gerard Chung

Parental Support and Family Firm Succession Intention: The Mediation Effect of Next-Generation Members’ Commitment to the Family Firm pp. 907-924

Eko Suhartanto

Love of Work or Love and Work: Does a Business Owner’s Compulsion to Work Pay Off? pp. 925-938

Renee D. Wiatt, Maria I. Marshall and Yoon G. Lee

Reasoning Around Wealth Decumulation Choices for Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: The Role of Family Values pp. 939-951

Ke Chen and Vivian Wei Qun Lou

“Their reality is different”: On the Intersection of Racial and Financial Socialization pp. 952-964

Dakari Finister

Measuring Education Changes Between Generations: Evidence for 52 Developing Countries from 1870 to 2010 pp. 965-983

Raúl Claver and Raquel Ortega-Lapiedra

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Transfer Policies on Poverty for Children with Previous Experience in Poverty pp. 984-997

Elena Barcena-Martin, M. Carmen Blanco-Arana and Salvador Pérez-Moreno

Shared Care and Mothers’ Post-separation Economic Wellbeing in Finland and Wisconsin, US: Does Child Support and Sharing Child’s Costs Matter? pp. 998-1011

Mari Haapanen, Trisha Chanda, Anneli Miettinen, Quentin H. Riser, Judith Bartfeld and Mia Hakovirta

Sustaining the Tradition in Multigeneration Families: Women’s Time Use and Unpaid Domestic Work in India pp. 1012-1033

Balhasan Ali, Aditi B. Prasad, Preeti Dhillon and Abdul Shaban

Correction: Sustaining the Tradition in Multigenerational Families: Women’s Time Use and Unpaid Domestic Work in India pp. 1034-1038

Balhasan Ali, Aditi B. Prasad, Preeti Dhillon and Abdul Shaban

Volume 45, issue 3, 2024

Women, Economics, and Household Economics: The Relevance of Workshops Founded by Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, and of Jacob Mincer pp. 485-503

Andrea H. Beller, Shoshana Grossbard, Ana Fava and Marouane Idmansour

Women’s Labor Force Exits During COVID-19: Differences by Motherhood, Race, and Ethnicity pp. 504-527

Katherine Lim and Mike Zabek

Are Mothers More Likely Than Fathers to Lose Their jobs? pp. 528-545

Benjamin Artz

Gendered Divergence in the Impact of Parenthood on Wages: The Role of Family Size, Human Capital and Working Time pp. 546-561

Lauren Bari

Does Having More Children Affect Women’s Informal Employment Choices? Evidence from China pp. 562-578

Yanhua Wu, Lingyun Tong and Yingying Yi

The Impact of Daycare Closures Owing to COVID-19 on Parental Stress: The Case of Japan pp. 579-595

Tsubasa Ito, Michio Naoi, Kazuto Sumita and Qing Ye

Gender Gaps in Commuting Time: Evidence from Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia pp. 596-620

Juan Carlos Campaña and J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal

Evening Work and Its Relationship with Couple Time pp. 621-635

Benjamin Samuel Ambiel, Ingmar Rapp and Jonathan Simon Gruhler

Women’s Contingent Work and Allocation of Domestic Labor in South Korea pp. 636-648

Joeun Kim

Gendered Division of Housework in Slovak Couples: Life Course and Other Factors pp. 649-671

Martin Boďa, Mariana Považanová, Gabriela Nedelová and Anna Vallušová

Parents Between Family and Work: The Role of Psychological Needs Satisfaction pp. 672-686

Eliana De Salvo, Francesca Cuzzocrea, Sebastiano Costa and Francesca Liga

Testing the Income Pooling Hypothesis and its Link to the Taxation of Couple Households: Evidence from Demand System Estimation for Germany pp. 687-719

Martin Beznoska

Correction to: Testing the Income Pooling Hypothesis and its Link to the Taxation of Couple Households: Evidence from Demand System Estimation for Germany pp. 720-722

Martin Beznoska

A Model into Relations Between Spousal Support, Financial Satisfaction, and Marital Satisfaction pp. 723-740

H. Deniz Günaydın and İhsan Erdem Kayral

The Effects of Father-in-law’s Retirement on Daughter-in-law’s Labor Participation: Empirical Evidence from China pp. 741-755

Hua-lei Yang, Xiao-qing Tang, Jin-yan Cao and Li-xingzi Yang

Retirement Spillover Effects on Spousal Health in Urban China pp. 756-783

Shenglong Liu, Yuanyuan Wan and Xiaoming Zhang

Volume 45, issue 2, 2024

Introduction to the Special Issue on “The Political and Economic Contexts of Families’ Financial Lives” pp. 251-255

Terri Friedline and Fenaba Addo

Racial Disparities in Family Income, Assets, and Liabilities: A Century After the 1921 Tulsa Massacre pp. 256-275

William Darity, Raffi E. García, Lauren Russell and Jorge Zumaeta

A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Bankruptcy’s Political Development pp. 276-287

Tess Wise

A Life Course Perspective of Community (Non)Investment: Historical Financial Service Trajectories and Community Outcomes pp. 288-307

Megan Doherty Bea

A Conversation with Matt Remle: Settler Colonialism, Fossil Fuel Divestment, & Public Banking Advocacy pp. 308-314

Terri Friedline

“I Don’t have a Pile of Money to Take Care of Things”: Financial Stress and Housing Insecurity Among Low-Income Hispanic/Latinx Immigrant Families During COVID-19 pp. 315-326

Marisa Westbrook

‘Informal’ Financial Practices in the South Bronx: Family, Compadres, and Acquaintances pp. 327-342

Antonieta Castro-Cosío

The Tanda: An Informal Financial Practice at the Intersection of Culture and Financial Management for Mexican American Families pp. 343-353

Miguel Quiñones and Tabitha Grier-Reed

Invested Mothering: An Intersectional Analysis of Mothers’ Feminized Breadwinning Strategies Under State-Mandated Child Support Arrangements pp. 354-368

Adriana Ponce

Neoliberalism and Anti-poverty Tax Policy: How Single Mothers Negotiate Tax Filing and the Use of the Earned Income Tax Credit with Their Young Adult Children pp. 369-380

Dylan J.F. Bellisle

“I'm Not the Kind of Person to Just Call Off”: Workers’ Experiences Navigating Structural Barriers to Paid Time Off pp. 381-394

Kess L. Ballentine

How Do Households Fare Economically When Mothers Become Their Primary Financial Support? pp. 395-409

Kimberly McErlean and Jennifer L. Glass

How Did Reskilling During the COVID-19 Pandemic Relate to Entrepreneurship and Optimism? Barriers, Opportunities, and Implications for Equity pp. 410-429

Jason Jabbari, Haotian Zheng, Stephen Roll, Daniel Auguste and Oren Heller

The Economic Context of Higher Education Expansion: Race, Gender, and Household Finances Across Cohorts and Generations pp. 430-443

Natasha Quadlin, Jordan A. Conwell and Shiva Rouhani

Employment Insecurity and Material Deprivation in Families with Children in the Post-Great Recession Period: An Analysis for Spain and Portugal pp. 444-457

Antonio L. Pérez-Corral, Amélia Bastos and Sara Falcão Casaca

Poverty Reduction is Not the Whole Story: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Relation to Material Hardship pp. 458-469

Patrick Meehan and Trina Shanks

When Cash Safety Nets Fade: SNAP-Participating Households with Children Without Cash Income pp. 470-483

Vincent A. Fusaro and David Seith

Volume 45, issue 1, 2024

What if She Earns More? Gender Norms, Income Inequality, and the Division of Housework pp. 1-20

Iga Magda, Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska and Marta Palczyńska

Gender Wage Gap Among Couples and the Role of Parenthood Across the Wage Distribution in Turkey pp. 21-34

Ebru Caglayan-Akay and Fulden Komuryakan

Confident Commitment: Financial Self-Efficacy’s Indirect Association with Romantic Relationship Flourishing Through Financial Behaviors pp. 35-44

Rachel M. Okamoto, Matthew T. Saxey, Jocelyn S. Wikle and Ashley B. LeBaron-Black

The Role of Relative Income in Determining Marital Satisfaction for Husband and Wife in China pp. 45-55

Yunchao Cai and Qian Li

From Security to Freedom— The Meaning of Financial Well-being Changes with Age pp. 56-69

Leonore Riitsalu, Rene Sulg, Henri Lindal, Marvi Remmik and Kristiina Vain

Correction to: From Security to Freedom— The Meaning of Financial Well-being Changes with Age pp. 70-70

Leonore Riitsalu, Rene Sulg, Henri Lindal, Marvi Remmik and Kristiina Vain

Unpaid Care to Older Persons and Tradeoffs in Time Use: The Experience of Working-Age Women and Men in the US pp. 71-87

Tanima Ahmed and Maria S. Floro

Do All Savings Matter Equally? Saving Types and Emotional Well-Being Among Older Adults: Evidence from Panel Data pp. 88-105

Piotr Bialowolski, Jing Jian Xiao and Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska

Exploring the Role of Financial Socialization on Financial Planning Students’ Financial and Career Confidence: A Thematic Analysis pp. 106-116

Kimberly Watkins, Megan McCoy, Kenneth White, Miranda Reiter and Yingyi Liu

Mothers’ Work Schedules and Children’s Time with Parents pp. 117-136

Alejandra Ros Pilarz and Leah Awkward-Rich

Women’s Inheritance Rights and Child Health Outcomes in Kenya pp. 137-150

Joseph Ajefu, Efobi Uchenna, Nadia Singh and Shayequa Zeenat Ali

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Field Experiments in China and Korea pp. 151-173

Bobae Hong, Kichang Kim and Yuxin Su

The Application of Family Stress Model to Investigating Adolescent Problematic Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Assets pp. 174-183

Jun-Hong Chen, Chieh-Hsun Huang, Chi-Fang Wu, Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Drake

Precarious Work Patterns on Workers’ Perceptions of Family-Level Resources, Cohesion, and Flexibility pp. 184-199

Renada M. Goldberg

Work-Family Balance and Perceived Business Outcomes among Copreneurial and Noncopreneurial Small Business Owners pp. 200-211

Yoon G. Lee, Heather H. Kelley, Renee Wiatt and Maria Marshall

A Workplace Environmental Scan of Employed Carers During COVID-19 pp. 212-235

Regina Ding, Jenny Ploeg and Allison Williams

Valuing the Contributions of Family Caregivers to the Care Economy pp. 236-249

Janet Fast, Karen A. Duncan, Norah C. Keating and Choong Kim

Correction to: Valuing the Contributions of Family Caregivers to the Care Economy pp. 250-250

Janet Fast, Karen A. Duncan, Norah C. Keating and Choong Kim