Role of Family Structure
Ermisch, John F.; Francesconi, Marco (2001), “Family Structure and Children’s Achievements”, Journal of Population Economics v14, n2 (2001): 249-270.
Fancesconi, M.; S. Jenkins and T. Seidler, (2010), “Childhood family structure and schooling oputcomes: evidence for Germany”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 23, pp. 1201-1231. (Consider only pp 1201-1205 and pp. 1228-1229.)
Garasky, Steven, (1995), “The Efects of Family Structure on Educational Achievement: Do the Effects Vary By the Age of the Child?” in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, January 1995, Vol. 54, No. 1. pp. 89 -106).
McLanahan, S. and C. Percheski, (2008), “Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities”, Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 34, pp 257-276, (Consider only pp 257-268 and pp 270-271.)
Song, C.; M. Benin and J. Glick, (2012), “Dropping Out of High School: The Effects of Family Structure and Family Transitions”, in Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Vol. 53, pp 18-33. (Consider only pp 18-23 and pp 32-33.)
Families with Same-Sex Parents
Biblarz, T. and J. Stacey, (2010), “How Does the Gender of Parents Matter?”, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 72, No. 1 pp 3-25. (Consider only pp 3-6 and pp 16-17.)
Potter, D., (2012), “Same-Sex Parent Families and Children’s Academic Achievement”, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 74 pp 556-571. (Consider only pp 556-569 and 00 567.)
The Effects of StepParents
Tillman, K., (2007), “Family Structure Pathways and Academic Disadvantage among Adolescence in Stepfamilies”, Sociological Inquiry, vol. 77, No. 3, pp 383-424. (Consider only pp 383-390 and pp 413.