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Maternal Labor Decisions and the Effects on Adolescent Risky Behavior Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, Duke University, 2007 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Duke University Keyword(s): Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Delinquency/Gang Activity; Endogeneity; Family Income; Maternal Employment; Parent Supervision/Monitoring; Risk-Taking; Undergraduate Research Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the effects of maternal employment on the decisions of adolescents to engage in risky behavior. I attempt to control for possible endogeneity of maternal employment by implementing instrumental variables. Ultimately, except for low SES families, maternal labor is found to have no statistically significant effects on adolescent risky behavior. Though low SES adolescents are found to benefit from a working mother, this may be a result of endogeneity; possible endogeneity controls through instrumental variables are ineffective, opening the door to future research with better endogeneity controls. |
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LaFata, Stephen M. "Maternal Labor Decisions and the Effects on Adolescent Risky Behavior." Honors Thesis (B.A.), Department of Economics, Duke University, 2007. |