Encouraging parents to marry unlikely to lead to significant improvements in young children's outcomes

Published on 19 April 2010

<p>Young children's cognitive or social and emotional development does not appear to be significantly affected by the formal marital status of their parents, according to a new report from IFS researchers.</p>

Authors

Alissa Goodman

Research Fellow University College London

Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

Ellen Greaves

Research Fellow University of Bristol

Ellen, who was a Senior Research Economist at IFS and is now a Research Fellow, is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.