Daddies, Devotion, & Dollars: Hoe Do They Matter for Youth

G. Painter and David Levine

Working Papers from California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations

Abstract: Growing up in a family that lacks a biological father is correlated with a number of poor outcomes for youths. This study uses the National Educational Longitudinal Survey of 1988 to examine the extent to which differences in income or in parental involvement can explain the effects of family structure on youth outcomes. We find that measurement error in income from single-parent homes affects the results in a large way because of the variability in income earned over a youth's teen years. Overall, we find that both lower income and lower parental involvement explain most of the disadvantages of youth in single-parent homes, but neither explains the disadvantages of families with stepfathers.

Keywords: FAMILY; INCOME; YOUTH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I31 I39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 1999
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