Effects of Living in a Single-Parent Family on Educational Attainment of Young Men and Women and on Earnings of Young Men (Achievement)

Whether long-term consequences of living in a single-parent family exist is a growing public concern. This study examines the effect of living in a single-parent family headed by a female on two long-run measures of achievement: educational attainment and earnings. The effect is examined within a household production framework, where achievement is a function of the time and money inputs of the parents and their ability to combine these resources. The study is based upon matched mother/son and mother/daughter samples constructed from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience. These samples consist of 1,098 young men ages 28 to 38 and 1,448 young women ages 26 to 36, about one fourth of whom spent some time in a single-parent family.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Resources and Family Studies

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Krein, Sheila Fitzgerald

• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8502209

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71745