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The Long-Term “Ripple Effect”: How Parental Divorce Impacts Children into Adulthood

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Why Early Childhood Divorce Leads to 13% Lower Income in Adulthood

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, For many, divorce is viewed as a private legal resolution between two adults. However, groundbreaking new research from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reveals that for children, divorce is not an isolated event—it is a “bundle of life changes” that can reshape their economic, social, and physical reality well into their 30s.

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