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Kearney, Melissa Schettini, 1974-
Subjects
Families -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Marriage -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Kearney, Melissa Schettini, 1974-
Families -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Marriage -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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The
two-parent
privilege
:
how
Americans
stopped
getting
married
and
started
falling
behind
/ Melissa S. Kearney.
by
Kearney, Melissa Schettini, 1974-
The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Call #:
306.850973 K24t
Subjects
Families -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Marriage -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780226817781 (hc)
Alternate title:
2-parent
privilege
:
how
Americans
stopped
getting
married
and
started
falling
behind
Description:
xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The surprising story of
how
declining marriage rates are driving many of the country’s biggest economic problems. In The
Two-Parent
Privilege
, Melissa S. Kearney makes a provocative, data-driven case for marriage by showing
how
the institution’s decline has led to a host of economic woes -- problems that have fractured American society and rendered vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. Eschewing the religious and values-based arguments that have long dominated this conversation, Kearney shows
how
the greatest impacts of marriage are, in fact, when two adults marry, their economic and household lives improve, offering a host of benefits not only for the
married
adults but for their children. Studies show that these effects are today starker, and more unevenly distributed, than ever before. Kearney examines the underlying causes of the marriage decline in the US and draws lessons for
how
the US can reverse this trend to ensure the country’s future prosperity. Based on more than a decade of economic research, including her original work, Kearney shows that a household that includes two
married
parents -- holding steady among upper-class adults, increasingly rare among most everyone else -- functions as an economic vehicle that advantages some children over others. As these trends of marriage and class continue, the compounding effects on inequality and opportunity grow increasingly dire. Their effects include not just children’s behavioral and educational outcomes, but a surprisingly devastating effect on adult men, whose role in the workforce and society appears intractably damaged by the emerging economics of America’s new social norms. For many, the
two-parent
home may be an old-fashioned symbol of the idyllic American dream. But The
Two-Parent
Privilege
makes it clear that marriage, for all its challenges and faults, may be our best path to a more equitable future. By confronting the critical role that family makeup plays in shaping children’s lives and futures, Kearney offers a critical assessment of what a decline in marriage means for an economy and a society -- and what we must do to change course."--Publisher.
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306.850973 K24t
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