Past research has examined various state-level measures that predict state economic growth and other economic and social indicators. This research has largely ignored the potential role of family structure in contributing to state-level outcomes, despite the extensive literature on links between family structure and economic outcomes at the individual level. We estimated a state-level panel model and found that both the proportion of adults and the proportion of parents who are married are strongly related to important state-level economic outcomes, including economic growth, median household income, median personal income, and poverty.
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Lerman, R. I., Price, J., Shumway, A., & Wilcox, W. B. (2018). Marriage and State-level Economic Outcomes. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 39(1), 66–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-017-9540-9
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