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Title: Expectations of Adult Wages and Teenage Childbearing
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McCrate, Elaine |
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Expectations of Adult Wages and Teenage Childbearing Presented: Denver, CO, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Childbearing; Family Background and Culture; Mothers; Regions; Sex Education; Sex Roles; Teenagers; Wages, Adult; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Most previous research on teenage mothers has emphasized that early births reduce later earnings. This paper explores whether causality might run in the opposite direction: Whether the expectation of low adult wages might increase the probability of teenage childbearing. Using data from the NLSY and treating teenage motherhood, wages, employment and education as jointly determined, this investigation supports the proposition that low adult wages contribute to teenage childbearing. |
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McCrate, Elaine. "Expectations of Adult Wages and Teenage Childbearing." Presented: Denver, CO, Population Association of America Meetings, April 1992. |