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Author: Canals-Cerda, Jose J.
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Canals-Cerda, Jose J. |
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Pre-Marital Birth, Marriage, and Welfare Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Fertility; Hispanics; Marriage; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper investigates the transition into premarital birth or marriage for a sample of young women from the NLSY. Overall, welfare has a significant effect on a woman's decision to marry and an insignificant effect on an unmarried woman's fertility decision. We find the strongest welfare effect on the likelihood of marriage among disadvantaged women, and the strongest positive effect of welfare on fertility among Hispanic women. Most of the observed differences in behavior between white women and disadvantaged women are the result of differences in endowments. The women that experience a premarital birth are characterized by a high probability of fertility and low marital prospects over their teen years. |
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Canals-Cerda, Jose J. "Pre-Marital Birth, Marriage, and Welfare." Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004. |