Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • October 25, 2002

Increasing Marriage will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty
Using information from the Fragile Families Study, this paper seeks to explain the relationship between marriage, economic status, and the reduction of child poverty.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • May 20, 2003

The Necessity of Marriage
This paper addresses why marriage is important for the foundation of a healthy, stable society.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • October 20, 2003

Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy • 2002

The Role of the Federal Government in Strengthening Marriage
This paper discusses the historical and current relationship between the federal government and marriage and examines the debates surrounding this relationship.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • 2002

For Richer or Poorer? Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in the United States
This paper provides a critique of policies that promote marriage as a route to economic stability for single mothers.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • July 01, 2003

Why Religion Matters: The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability
This paper argues that religion serves to preserve marriage and sound moral judgement while discouraging social ills such as crime, divorce, cohabitation, suicide, out-of-wedlock births, and drug abuse.
• Category: Marriage > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • January 25, 1996