Nicholas H. Wolfinger's Books

Thanks for Nothing

The Economics of Single Motherhood Since 1980

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger,Matthew McKeever

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Thanks for Nothing

The Economics of Single Motherhood Since 1980

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger,Matthew McKeever

Single mothers face unique economic challenges, which have persisted despite women's gains in higher education and the workplace. Drawing on forty years of data from two national surveys, Nicholas H. Wolfinger and Matthew McKeever explore the contradictions that lie at the heart of single motherhood. They find that some single mothers are doing better even as others have fallen through the cracks. Providing an in-depth look into the economics of single motherhood, Thanks for Nothing offers the most detailed statistical portrait of single mothers to date and, importantly, provides concrete suggestions for how policymakers should respond to persisting inequalities among mothers.

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Oxford University Press

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0199324328

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9780199324323

Soul Mates

Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos

By: W. Bradford Wilcox,Nicholas H. Wolfinger

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Soul Mates

Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos

By: W. Bradford Wilcox,Nicholas H. Wolfinger

In 1994, David Hernandez, a small-time drug-dealer in Spanish Harlem, got out of the drug business and turned his life over to God. After he joined Victory Chapel-a vibrant Bronx-based Pentecostal church-he saw his life change in many ways: today he is a member of the NYPD, married, the father of three, and still an active member of his church. David Hernandez is just one of the many individuals whose stories inform Soul Mates, which draws on both national surveys and in-depth interviews to paint a detailed portrait of the largely positive influence exercised by churches on relationships and marriage among African Americans and Latinos-and whites as well. Soul Mates shines a much-needed spotlight on the lives of strong and happy minority couples. Wilcox and Wolfinger find that both married and unmarried minority couples who attend church together are significantly more likely to enjoy happy relationships than black and Latino couples who do not regularly attend. They argue that churches serving these communities promote a code of decency encompassing hard work, temperance, and personal responsibility that benefits black and Latino families. Wilcox and Wolfinger provide a compelling look at faith and family life among blacks and Latinos. The book offers a wealth of critical insight into the effect of religion on minority relationships, as well as the unique economic and cultural challenges facing African American and Latino families in twenty-first-century America.

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249

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Oxford University Press

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0199911150

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9780199911158

Do Babies Matter?

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower

By: Mary Ann Mason,Nicholas H. Wolfinger,Marc Goulden

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Do Babies Matter?

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower

By: Mary Ann Mason,Nicholas H. Wolfinger,Marc Goulden

The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the doctoral student ranks in nearly equal numbers and most will experience both the benefits and challenges of living in dual-income households. This generation also has new expectations and values, notably the desire for flexibility and balance between careers and other life goals. However, changes to the structure and culture of academia have not kept pace with young scholars’ desires for work-family balance. Do Babies Matter? is the first comprehensive examination of the relationship between family formation and the academic careers of men and women. The book begins with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, moves on to early and mid-career years, and ends with retirement. Individual chapters examine graduate school, how recent PhD recipients get into the academic game, the tenure process, and life after tenure. The authors explore the family sacrifices women often have to make to get ahead in academia and consider how gender and family interact to affect promotion to full professor, salaries, and retirement. Concrete strategies are suggested for transforming the university into a family-friendly environment at every career stage. The book draws on over a decade of research using unprecedented data resources, including the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, a nationally representative panel survey of PhDs in America, and multiple surveys of faculty and graduate students at the ten-campus University of California system..

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Rutgers University Press

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0813560829

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9780813560823

Understanding the Divorce Cycle

The Children of Divorce in their Own Marriages

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger

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Understanding the Divorce Cycle

The Children of Divorce in their Own Marriages

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger

Growing up in a divorced family leads to a variety of difficulties for adult offspring in their own partnerships. One of the best known and most powerful is the divorce cycle, the transmission of divorce from one generation to the next. This book examines how the divorce cycle has transformed family life in contemporary America by drawing on two national data sets. Compared to people from intact families, the children of divorce are more likely to marry as teenagers, but less likely to wed overall, more likely to marry people from divorced families, more likely to dissolve second and third marriages, and less likely to marry their live-in partners. Yet some of the adverse consequences of parental divorce have abated even as divorce itself proliferated and became more socially accepted. Taken together, these findings show how parental divorce is a strong force in people's lives and society as a whole.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139446665

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Understanding the Divorce Cycle

The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger

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Understanding the Divorce Cycle

The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages

By: Nicholas H. Wolfinger

Wolfinger argues that no-fault divorce laws should be left in place.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521851165

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Book's by Nicholas H. Wolfinger

Thanks for Nothing

Thanks for Nothing

Soul Mates

Soul Mates

Do Babies Matter?

Do Babies Matter?

Understanding the Divorce Cycle

Understanding the Divorce Cycle

Understanding the Divorce Cycle

Understanding the Divorce Cycle

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