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This Week on Family Studies


Lyman Stone analyzed the impact of Hungary's pro-natalist policies on that country's birth rates, and Helen Alvare discussed the Supreme Court's important decision in NIFLA v. Becerra, as well as the community role of crisis pregnancy centers. Justin Coulson explained the benefits of risky play for children, and Brian Miller looked back at retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's legacy on family law. 

A Policy-Induced Baby Boom?

by Lyman Stone

Hungary is experiencing some fertility gains, probably at least partly as a result of a basket of policy changes including tax preferences, cash grants, loan subsidies, and constitutional protections.

The Role of Pregnancy Centers

by Helen Alva
 
Crisis pregnancy centers should be recognized as an irreplaceable, private component of the social safety ne—a welcome sign of the public’s willingness to reduce the emotional and financial stress of poor and minority women facing unexpected pregnancy

The Benefits of Risky Play

by Justin Coulson
 
Parents set the bar for their children on how to live an honest life that can serve as an alternative to what the culture may be teaching.

Justice Kennedy's Legacy

by Brian K. Miller

Justice Kennedy’s legacy on family law will be remembered long after he is gone. For better or for worse, few have influenced the relationship between sex and the constitution as much as he has.

IFS Around the Web


David Brooks spotlighted our new report, Black Men Making It In Americain his New York Times column, "The Quiet Death of Racial Progress." IFS research fellow Lyman Stone's research was also cited recently in The New York Times.

Marriages End in Many Ways

by Spencer James

Research suggests that there are many paths of marital quality: some marriages are happy from the start and remain so, while others begin with lower levels of marital satisfaction that decline over time. [From the Archives]
 
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