Aspen Ideas Festival: 'Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage'

Isabel Sawhill
Isabel Sawhill spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Sunday, June, 28, 2015, about her latest book, "Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage." She is senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution and co-director of the Center on Children and Families.
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Isabel Sawhill of Brookings explores the social and economic consequences of the great increase in unmarried parents. She believes family structure has a big impact on child well-being, and can improve social mobility and reduce the class divide. The author of "Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage," spoke June 28, 2015 at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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