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Is Marriage Always Good for Children?

Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration

Keith Finlay and David Neumark
Journal of Human Resources, October 2010, 45 (4) 1046-1088; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.4.1046
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vol. 45 no. 4 1046-1088
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.4.1046
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received January 1, 2009
  • Accepted September 1, 2009
  • Published online September 29, 2010.
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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  2. David Neumark
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Related literature on family structure and child outcomes
    • III. Never-married motherhood
    • IV. Empirical framework, estimation, and identification
    • V. Data and descriptive statistics
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