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This issue of the Future of Children aims to identify and measure elements of culture Most people would probably place some of that predict children’s economic and social the topics covered here at the top of their list outcomes, and to present the best evidence of what they consider cultural elements— to date about how these factors shape for example, the role of religion or family Melissa S. [...] Cultural Factors and Social Furthermore, the presence of black fathers Mobility in a neighborhood and a measure of racial Our nation is in the grip of widening animus are the two strongest predictors of inequality and social fragmentation. [...] In our fourth to the extent that increased take-up of a article, economists Melissa Kearney of the government assistance program implies University of Maryland and Phillip Levine of greater participation among the children and Wellesley College review the theoretical and relatives of current beneficiaries, we should empirical evidence about how and why role expect higher program caseloads and cost. [...] In article 6, economists Judy impacts on participants, in the form of better Hellerstein of the University of Maryland school performance and lower rates of and David Neumark of the University of involvement with the criminal justice system. [...] The and citizens—understand the consequences particulars of how this type of relationship of religious activity and the religious is allowed under the First Amendment provision of social services.