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Marriage and State-level Economic Outcomes

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  • Robert I. Lerman

    (Urban Institute)

  • Joseph Price

    (Brigham Young University)

  • Adam Shumway

    (Cornell University)

  • W. Bradford Wilcox

    (University of Virginia)

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.

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  • Robert I. Lerman & Joseph Price & Adam Shumway & W. Bradford Wilcox, 2018. "Marriage and State-level Economic Outcomes," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 39(1), pages 66-72, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jfamec:v:39:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s10834-017-9540-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9540-9
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    Keywords

    Marriage; Economic growth; Poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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