Session 114:
Public Policy and Families
Chair: Elizabeth Cooksey, Ohio State University
Discussant: Christopher McKelvey, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Seth Sanders, Duke University
The Effect of Welfare Reform on the Marital Bargaining Power of Women Mia Bird, University of California, Berkeley
The Long-Term Effects of U.S. Family Planning Programs on Child Poverty Martha Bailey, University of Michigan ; Zoe McLaren, University of Michigan ; Olga Malkova, University of Michigan
Later Marriage and Disappearing “Shotgun Weddings”: The Impact of Abortion on Young Women’s Marriage Decision Ruoding Tan, City University of New York (CUNY) and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)
Full-Time Father or “Deadbeat Dad”? Does the Growth in Father Custody Explain the Declining Share of Single Parents with a Child Support Order? Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Daniel Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Eunhee Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions