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‘Mounds of data’ favor marriage and two-parent households, an economist argues in SLC

Melissa Kearney cites a “dramatic shift” in family structure, and it drives many of the country’s biggest economic problems.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Melissa Kearney, economist and author of "The Two-Parent Privilege," at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. She argued that children with two parents are less likely to get in trouble at school, more likely to graduate and more likely to have higher incomes as adults.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Melissa Kearney, economist and author of "The Two-Parent Privilege," at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. She argued that children with two parents are less likely to get in trouble at school, more likely to graduate and more likely to have higher incomes as adults.

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