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No, it is not, and we are quite sure of this. The fatherhood correlation never survives any control for family-level factors, like comparing siblings or looking
by gwern 3y ago
No, it is not, and we are quite sure of this. The fatherhood correlation never survives any control for family-level factors, like comparing siblings or looking at kids who lose their father to accidents. And none of the evidence cited by OP addresses this or provides real evidence of causality, much less hyperbolic claims of it being biggest.
- Morte42 3y agoThe paper referenced by the article actually shows what the author is saying is false. He is either very confused or convinced that nobody will read the linked paper so he can make up what he wants.
- stairlane 3y agoDo you have any evidence to back up your claims? I have yet to be convinced otherwise.
- misja111 3y agoWell the evidence is actually in the white paper that the article is about. Amazingly, in the white paper the correlation between crimes and single parent households is one of the weakest. The strongest by far is poverty. It must have taken quite some guts and determination to spin this into a story that claims that fatherlessness is the root cause of crime. But it makes sense if you check who the authors of the paper and of the WSJ article are. Please have a look if you want to be convinced: See https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/reports/ifs-strongerfamilies-final-1.pdf https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/reports/ifs-strong... table 2 and 3.