Prof. Carbone Discusses Disadvantages of Marriage for Single Parents in Slate Column

Professors June Carbone and Naomi Cahn (George Washington University) wrote an article for Slate entitled "Just Say No: For White Working-class Women, it Makes Sense to Stay Single Mothers." Drawing on their new book, Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family (Oxford University Press, 2014), they explain why working class women may see marriage as a threat, rather than an asset, to their ability to care for their children.