 Single Parents in High-Income Countries: What the United States Can Learn from OthersIsabel V. Sawhill The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2022, vol. 702, issue 1, 226-235 Abstract: In the last 50 years, single parenthood has become more prevalent in the United States. As compared to other high-income countries, the United States does little to support single-parent families and they fare poorly as a result. This volume takes a comparative approach to extend our knowledge of the experiences of single parent families and the best approaches to support their well-being. By looking at the circumstances of single-parent families across many countries, this volume sheds light on important questions pertaining to child poverty and income inequality, the role of public assistance in supporting single-parent families, and the impact of this assistance on employment and marriage. In this article, I summarize the authors’ contributions in addressing these questions and present my own perspective on related issues, including the impact of single-parent families and cohabitation on children. I end with highlighting what researchers can learn from this volume and how U.S. policymakers can apply these lessons. Keywords: single parents; child poverty; income inequality; public assistance; marriage (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:anname:v:702:y:2022:i:1:p:226-235 DOI: 10.1177/00027162221123446 Access Statistics for this article More articles in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
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