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Title: Children, Family Size Change, and Household Wealth Trajectories
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1. Painter, Matthew A. II
Shafer, Kevin M.
Children, Family Size Change, and Household Wealth Trajectories
Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007.
Also: http://paa2007.princeton.edu/abstractViewer.aspx?submissionId=70861
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Family Size; Hispanics; Life Course; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Racial Differences; Transition, Adulthood; Wealth

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Wealth inequality continues to play an increasingly important role in the overall American stratification picture. Previous research tends to examine early childhood and adolescent processes that influence adult wealth accumulation to the exclusion of influential adult life course effects. One important aspect of adulthood is having children and the transition to parenthood, which can affect numerous outcomes, including wealth trajectories. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort (NLSY79), and latent-growth curve modeling techniques, we look at the direct effect of family size on wealth and at potential family-size threshold effects in wealth accumulation. Furthermore, we assess racial and ethnic differences between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics in the effect of family size on wealth. Finally, we disaggregate net worth into its two component parts, financial and non-fungible wealth in order to evaluate the effect of family size and family change on each resource pool.
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Painter, Matthew A. II and Kevin M. Shafer. "Children, Family Size Change, and Household Wealth Trajectories." Presented: New York, NY, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 29-31, 2007.