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January 10, 2025

Marriage: America’s Keystone Institution

Marriage is linked to better financial, social, and emotional outcomes for children, men, and women—and many of these effects appear to have a causal dimension. Many social scientists have discovered…

December 2, 2024

The Pursuit of Happiness Starts with Families: A Conversation Between Brad Wilcox and Gov. Spencer Cox

…and cellphones in the coming year. What follows is an excerpt of our conversation, which has been edited for clarity and length. Brad Wilcox: I’ve been developing an index of family…

October 30, 2024

The Geography of Fertility — Where are the Babies?

…to Americans interested in starting, growing or raising a family. Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS on X) is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a nonresident…