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September 20, 2023
Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?
…strongly linked to worse outcomes for kids than it used to be. The upshot for children is that marriage not only still matters, but it seems to matter more than…
September 19, 2023
House Budget Plan Proposes Commonsense Welfare Changes
…Rachidi and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, was released last fall. A chapter in that volume authored by Rachidi, Scott Winship, and one of us (Matt Weidinger), titled “A Safety Net for the Future: Overcoming the…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…of mountains of growing debt — there ought to be real support for them. No matter how great we make our higher education system, there will inevitably be those who…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…nation. What is true of economic mobility seems to also apply to academic performance: Family stability in the community matters. Clearly, family patterns are tied to the success not only…
September 15, 2023
What Does a Good Economy Look Like?
…workers regaining more ground. But the sourness of public opinion on the economy seems to match up pretty well with Furman’s estimates. At the very least, no matter where we stand relative…
September 15, 2023
Putting This Year’s Poverty Numbers in Context
On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its latest income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2022, including two assessments of poverty in America. One, called the Official Poverty Measure (OPM),…
September 14, 2023
The Privilege Hiding in Plain Sight
…obscurity of academic journals into the public conversation.” Kearney simply sticks to the facts and makes an overwhelming data-based case that marriage and stable two-parent families matter monumentally to the…
September 12, 2023
Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement
…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…
September 12, 2023
Who Is Happiest? Married Mothers and Fathers, Per the Latest General Social Survey
…reason why happiness has declined nationally, according to that same study. The research found an astounding 30-percentage-point happiness gap between married and unmarried Americans. Other factors do matter—including income, educational…