Strengthening Families Research Initiative

Advancing evidence about ways to strengthen families, support parents, and improve child well-being 🍀 @notredame

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The debate over falling U.S. birth rates keeps asking: is it educated women choosing careers, or working-class women facing economic pressure?

New SFRI research from @kearney_melissa and @phil_wellesley says that's the wrong question

Fertility is declining across the board 🧵

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Read our summary and the full paper: https://t.co/oPRTvU4ozG

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How do age verification laws affect online pornography use?

New research in @nberpubs by SFRI Graduate Student Affiliate Emily Davis + coauthors finds that these laws reduce time on adult websites, but circumvention by both firms and users undermines their effectiveness 🧵

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Although browsing data for minors is unavailable, the authors use young adults (aged 18-24) as a proxy for teenage behavior to provide indirect evidence on how these laws may affect the age group they’re designed to protect

[Vicky Barone @Viquibarone]

How the opioid epidemic shaped local population dynamics in the United States? Check our new WP https://t.co/UgD6Nq2OHB

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Great thread on research by our Faculty Affiliate @LeeGettler! Evidence that fatherhood produces measurable biological changes in men helps us better understand parental investment and family formation 🧠

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Men are, actually, hardwired to connect with their babies. A landmark PNAS study (n=624) tracked young men in the Philippines over 4.5 years and found that becoming a father causes large, measurable drops in testosterone.
https://t.co/wUqEUX5X4S

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Early childhood was at the forefront of the policy discussion this weekend.

Research by our Faculty Affiliates shows what works for children and their families 🧵

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Same story with Head Start: expanding program hours significantly boosts maternal employment.

The evidence is consistent — reducing caregiving constraints helps mothers work

From @chloergibbs:
https://t.co/0N7dybkCbB

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Supporting moms, strengthening families

Today, we celebrate all the mothers working to shape their children’s futures every day. Happy Mother’s Day!

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

Tender, strong, and true ☘️ Today we celebrate the mothers and mother figures whose love shapes the Notre Dame family every day.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Read @AspenEcon's volume on the demographic shift: https://t.co/CMvdd30JvP

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@kearney_melissa joined @SoumayaKeynes to discuss what declining birth rates mean for the workforce, fiscal policy, and the limits of pro-natalist policy

Via @AspenEcon

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Listen to the full interview here: https://t.co/AThpjRtj1R

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Striking: Childlessness at age 30 has surged to:

✔️ 33% for less-educ women
✔️ 63% for college-educ women

New @kearney_melissa @phil_wellesley:

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Read Benny's research on how where you grow up shapes who you marry:
https://t.co/XupnrKF94R

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Congratulations to our Faculty Affiliates, Victoria Barone (@Viquibarone) and Benny Goldman on their appointment to @nberpubs!

Both study how community conditions shape family life and economic opportunity (1/)

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Read @Viquibarone's research on how the opioid epidemic destabilized communities:
https://t.co/gdM6mnoSp0