The rising share of nonmarital births: Fertility choice or marriage behavior?
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The rising share of nonmarital births: fertility choice or marriage behavior?
Much of the sharp rise in the share of nonmarital births in the United States has been attributed to changes in the fertility choices of unmarried and married women-in response, it is often argued, to public policy. In contrast, we develop and test a model that attributes the rise to changes in marriage behavior, with no necessary changes infertility. A variety of empirical tests strongly suppo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Demography
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0070-3370,1533-7790
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0012