@unpublished{886,
  keywords = {Brain and cognitive development, Work/employment and earnings, Parenting},
  author = {Ronald Mincy and Natasha Cabrera and Elia De La Cruz Toledo and Hyunjoon Um},
  title = {The long-reach of nonresident fathers{\textquoteright} financial support on children{\textquoteright}s skills in fragile families : Parental investments, family processes, and children{\textquoteright}s language skills},
  abstract = {Using a sample of 692 children in mother-headed families drawn from the FFCWS, we examined
the direct and indirect associations between nonresident fathers{\textquoteright} financial support during early
childhood and children{\textquoteright}s cognitive, behavioral, and achievement outcomes at ages 5 and 9 through
parental investments, family processes, and children{\textquoteright}s skills at age 3. We found significant direct
effects of fathers{\textquoteright} financial support: measured continuously on children{\textquoteright}s math and reading scores
at age 9 and above the median on reading achievement at age 9. Financial support well-above the
median was also significantly associated with math achievement at age 9 and both aggressive
behavior and receptive vocabulary at age 5. Children{\textquoteright}s language skills mediated the associations
between financial support, measured continuously and provided through a formal order/agreement
and math and reading achievement at age 9 and the association between financial support above the
median and reading achievement at age 9. Most associations were small.},
  year = {2018},
  url = {https://ffcws.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf4356/files/documents/wp18-07-ff_0.pdf},
}