蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Global Evidence on Children's Living Arrangements
蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
vol. 115,
May 2025
(pp. 226–31)
Abstract
This paper provides global evidence on the living arrangements of children, using harmonized census data from 95 countries encompassing 85 percent of the world population. While residing with two parents is the most common living arrangement in nearly every country, there is substantial cross-country heterogeneity. When children do not live with two parents, they tend to live with their mother only or with no parent. Living with only one's father remains rare. We document that countries with greater economic resources, lower income inequality, and higher human development scores consistently exhibit larger shares of children living with two parents.Citation
Bren酶e, Anne Ardila, and Melanie Wasserman. 2025. "Global Evidence on Children's Living Arrangements." 蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings 115: 226–31. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251012Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- E23 Macroeconomics: Production
- I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
- J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration