Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.
In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States.
Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sawhill, Isabel V.

Sociology

Brookings Institution Press

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.
In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change "drifters" into "planners." In a well-written and accessible survey of the impact of family structure on child well-being, Sawhill contrasts "planners," who are delaying parenthood until after they marry, with "drifters," who are having unplanned children early and outside of marriage. These two distinct patterns are contributing to an emerging class divide and threatening social mobility in the United States.
Sawhill draws on insights from the new field of behavioral economics, showing that it is possible, by changing the default, to move from a culture that accepts a high number of unplanned pregnancies to a culture in which adults only have children when they are ready to be a parent.

The Changing Domestic Priorities Series. In late 1981, The Urban Institute began a three-year project to examine shifts in domestic policies occurring under the Regan administration. That project is called Changing Domestic Priorities. It objectives are (1) to monitor and interpret significant shifts in economic and social policy; (2) to determine the actual and likely consequences of these shifts; and (3) to explore the implications and alternatives for future public actions.

Economic Policy in the Reagan Years (Changing Domestic Priorities Series)

Stone, Charles F.

Business & Money

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Challenge to Leadership: Economic & Social Issues for the Next Decade

As a result of economic, demographic, and other developments, the United States is changing in ways that will require adjustments in our thinking and in our public policies. If this rethinking is not done, our political and economic position in the international arena will erode and our domestic living standards will suffer. Isabel Sawhill provides us with an overview of the problems that will confront us in the 1990s, and of the insights offered by the other contributors to the volume. Topics and authors include: living standards which are no longer improving at the same rate as in the past, by "Joseph J. Minarik"; what we can do to improve our long-term economic prospects, "Rudolph G. Penner"; the issues of trade and competitiveness that arise from living in a more economically-interdependent world, "Charles F. Stone"; changes in the family and how they affect child care, "Andrew Cherlin"; human health and life, especially the implications of AIDS and technologies that artificially extend human life, "Thomas C. Schelling"; the slow progress against poverty, "Isabel V. Sawhill"; the dilemmas of the aging American population, "John L. Palmer"; and options for reducing current budget deficits, "Joseph J. Minarik" and "Rudolph G. Penner."

Challenge to Leadership: Economic and Social Issues for the Next Decade

Social Sciences

Urban Inst Pr

Adapted in part from the Opportunity in America series of policy briefs, this volume focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States. The authors find that class or family background has a strong effect on individual success. They examine the possible reasons for this relationship, how it has changed over the past century, and the role of the economy, the welfare system, and education in opening up opportunities for the less fortunate.

Getting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America

McMurrer, Daniel P.

Economics

Adapted in part from the "Opportunity in America" series of policy briefs, this volume focuses on social and economic mobility in the United States. Class or family background has a strong effect on individual success, the authors find. They examine the possible reasons for this relationship; how it has changed over the past century; and the role of the economy, the welfare system, and education in opening up opportunities for the less fortunate.

Getting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America (Urban Institute Press)

Urban Institute Press

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Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

Economic Policy in the Reagan Years (Changing Domestic Priorities Series)

Challenge to Leadership: Economic and Social Issues for the Next Decade

Getting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America

Getting Ahead: Economic and Social Mobility in America (Urban Institute Press)