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Title: The Wealth of Single Women: Marital Status and Parenthood in the Asset Accumulation of Young Baby Boomers in the United States
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Yamokoski, Alexis Keister, Lisa A. |
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The Wealth of Single Women: Marital Status and Parenthood in the Asset Accumulation of Young Baby Boomers in the United States Feminist Economics 12,1-2 (January-April 2006):167-194. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13545700500508478 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Routledge ==> Taylor & Francis (1998) Keyword(s): Children; Disadvantaged, Economically; Divorce; Gender; Marriage; Parenthood; Parents, Single; Wealth Special Issue: A Special Issue on Women and Wealth (Guest Edited by Carmen Diana Deere and Cheryl R. Doss) In the United States, household wealth is unequally distributed. While facts about the distribution are readily available, less is known about the family dynamics that underlie this important component of inequality. An increasing number of households are headed by single females (both never married and divorced), and the number of single mothers among these households has grown in recent decades. This article explores differences in wealth in the US by marital status, gender, and parenting status. It focuses on young baby boomers, finding a minimal gender gap in the wealth of never-married people. However, when controlling for parenthood, strong evidence was found of a family gap in household wealth accumulation, with single mothers and fathers economically disadvantaged in comparison to adults without children. Yet, it was found that single mothers suffer the most severe economic penalties in household wealth accumulation. |
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Yamokoski, Alexis and Lisa A. Keister. "The Wealth of Single Women: Marital Status and Parenthood in the Asset Accumulation of Young Baby Boomers in the United States." Feminist Economics 12,1-2 (January-April 2006):167-194.
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