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Marriage and Family Formation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGay Marriage Is Good for America

Jonathan Rauch, June 21, 2008, The Wall Street Journal

Jonathan Rauch argues the importance of same sex marriages in America.  He writes that marriage stabilizes communities by formalizing responsibilities and creating kin networks, thereby cementing the foundation of civilization. Read More

Civil Liberties, Marriage and Family Formation, Social Issues

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Save to My PortfolioState of Civil Unions: California Court Strikes Down Marriage Ban

Benjamin Wittes, May 20, 2008, The New Republic

State of Civil Unions: California Court Strikes Down Marriage BanCalifornia Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and ruled that civil unions are not a legally adequate substitution for marriage. Are then civil union supporters the legal equivalent of segregationists? The California court thinks so, writes Benjamin Wittes. Read More

Courts, Marriage and Family Formation, Justice and Law, Civil Liberties, California

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Save to My PortfolioHealthy Marriage, Strong Families and Child Wellbeing

Friday, May 16, 2008
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Washington, DC

The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center and the Center on Children and Families at Brookings Institution are cosponsoring a series of three seminars to share the lessons learned to date from research and the experience of over 300 healthy marriage and relationship programs located across the USA serving diverse populations.  In this seminar on May 16, researchers, program administrators and program participants will focus on key lessons learned about the economic factors that affect couples' lives. Read More

U.S. Poverty, Children & Families, Working Poor, U.S. Economy, Marriage and Family Formation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Search for the Next Soccer Mom: Trends to Watch in 2008

Ruy Teixeira and Karlyn Bowman, February 28, 2008, Wall Street Journal

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Odyssey Years: The Changing 20s

William A. Galston, Jeffrey Arnett and Diana West, November 07, 2007, WAMU's "The Kojo Nnamdi Show"

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioYouth Exclusion in Iran: The State of Education, Employment and Family Formation

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani and Daniel Egel, September 2007, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFighting Poverty through Incentives and Work Mandates for Young Men

Ron Haskins, Fall 2007, Future of Children Policy Brief

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Save to My PortfolioSocioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine, July 2007, NBER Conference

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Save to My PortfolioEnding Poverty in America: Using Carrots and Sticks

Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, May 01, 2007, The American Prospect

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Save to My PortfolioSolutions to Poverty

Isabel V. Sawhill, April 26, 2007, Testimony before The House Committee on Ways and Means, Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee

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Save to My PortfolioSubsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine, April 2007, NBER Working Paper No. 13045

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Save to My PortfolioThe Wedding Shortage

Navtej Dhillon, March 2007, Newsweek.com

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Save to My Portfolio'Death Tax' Repeal Unfair to Those Who Owe 'Birth Tax'

Diane Lim Rogers, May 31, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle

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Save to My PortfolioTrends in Family Composition

Ron Haskins, May 03, 2006, Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReducing Unwed Childbearing: The Missing Link in Efforts to Promote Marriage

Andrea Kane and Daniel T. Lichter, April 2006, Center on Children and Families Brief #37

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Decline in Marriage: What To Do

Elisabeth Donahue, Ron Haskins and Sara McLanahan, Fall 2005, The Brookings Institution and Princeton University

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Save to My PortfolioEffects on Recent Fiscal Policies on Today's Children and Future Generations

Laurence J. Kotlikoff and William G. Gale, June 07, 2004, Tax Notes

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Save to My PortfolioWho's Minding the Kids?

William G. Gale, Winter 2004, The Milken Institute Review

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Featured Experts

Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Cabot Family Chair

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.
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Ron Haskins

Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

A former White House and congressional advisor on welfare issues, Ron Haskins co-directs the Brookings Center on Children and Families. An expert on preschool, foster care, and poverty—he was instrumental in the 1996 overhaul of national welfare policy.
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William G. Gale

William G. Gale

Vice President and Director, Economic Studies
Arjay and Frances Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Bill Gale, a Brookings vice president and director of the Economic Studies Program, is an expert on tax policy, fiscal issues, pensions, and saving behavior. He is also co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project.
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