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David C. Ribar

Working paper

Teenage daughters as a cause of divorce

Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries.
Report

Financial stress, family conflict, and youths' successful transition to adult roles

Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths' transitions and youths' perspectives have different consequences to those of their mothers. This paper analyzes the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions into adult roles. We...