The twenty-first century has seen major changes in both the nature of work and the nature of
families in the United States—even before the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every …

This paper is a wake-up call. It dismantles longheld assumptions and challenges the idea
that" work" is a one-word solution to every lowincome problem. The paper's findings and …

Across the Americas and Europe, the family has changed and marriage is in retreat. To
answer the question of what's driving these changes and how they impact social and …

By many accounts, employment and the formation and stability of married-couple
households are central to the social and economic well-being of families. Indeed, in recent …

Stimulated by unprecedented and complex changes in the nation's social landscape, the
fourteen original papers in the present volume attempt to recast our approach to existing …

This paper reveals that recent changes in social policy have included both sharp cutbacks in
welfare for non-working families and dramatic increases in supports for low income working …

Inequality in income, earnings, and wealth has risen dramatically in the United States over
the past three decades. Most research into this issue has focused on the causes—global …

There are large research, policy, and economic gaps between the ways US researchers and
policy makers address the work/family bind amongst middleclass professionals and poor …

Fluctuations in the economy have a strong effect on the extent of poverty and well-being
among low-income families. 1 Reduced economic demand during recessions can …

This study estimates what fraction of the rise in family income inequality in the United States
between 1968 and 2000 is accounted for by the change in each of the family income …