The Bendheim Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW) is an interdisciplinary center at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Our mission is to stimulate basic research, educate faculty and students about issues related to children's policies, and influence policymakers and practitioners at the federal, state and local levels. read more
February 12
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Effects of Head Start on the School Readiness of Children in Fragile Families," Fuhua Zhai, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Jane Waldfogel; click here for more information
February 16
Wealth and Inequality: Asset Building for the Poor Series
"TBA," Lisa Keister; click here for more information
February 25
Center for Health & Wellbeing Lecture Series
"TBA," Anne Case; click here for more information
February 26
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"The Effects of Child Support Arrears on Formal and Informal Labor Force Participation and Wages," Daniel Miller and Ron Mincy; click here for more information
March 5
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Income Packaging among Unwed Fragile Families: Variation across 20 Large U.S. Cities at 1, 3, and 5 Years,"Afshin Zilanawala and Irv Garfinkel; click here for more information
March 12
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Nonresident Fathers' Involvement and Children's Material Hardship," Lenna Nepomnyaschy and Irv Garfinkel; click here for more information
March 26
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Fathers’ Incarceration and Child Wellbeing," Amanda Geller, Carey Cooper, Irv Garfinkel, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher and Ron Mincy; click here for more information
April 2-3
Future of Children Authors' Conference
"Transition to Adulthood;" for more information, please e-mail: foc@princeton.edu
April 9
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Racial and Ethnic Gaps in School Readiness Using Fragile Families," Audrey Beck, Sara McLanahan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Carey Cooper; click here for more information
April 16
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Doing Gender in the Market and the Home: Occupational Sex Composition and Housework Hours," Daniel Schneider; click here for more information
April 21
OPR Notestein Seminar Series
"The Transformation of the European Family: Fewer Children, More Cohabitation," Alicia Adsera; click here for more information
April 23
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Mother-Child Attachment Relationships in Fragile Families," Kim Howard and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; click here for more information
April 28
OPR Notestein Seminar Series
"Non-Cognitive Attributes and Family Outcomes," Shelly Lundberg; click here for more information
May 14
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"A Reassessment of the Effect of Family Structure on Child Wellbeing: Estimates from Propensity Score Matching," Dohoon Lee and Sara McLanahan; click here for more information
May 28
Fragile Families Working Group Luncheon
"Economic Consequences of Incarceration for Families of Offenders," Naomi Sugie; click here for more information