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Title: Implications of Family Formation for Educational Attainment Among Young Women
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1. Panis, Constantijn W. A.
Lillard, Lee A.
Upchurch, Dawn M.
Implications of Family Formation for Educational Attainment Among Young Women
Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Education Indicators; Educational Attainment; Event History; Fertility; Marriage; Methods/Methodology; Modeling; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; School Completion; Schooling; Women's Education

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This paper analyzes educational choices made by young women in the United States. The focus is on the consequences of family formation outcomes (fertility and marriage) for schooling decisions. In order to address the issue of selectivity among women who bear children and/or get married while in school, we develop a model in which schooling, fertility, and marriage decisions are considered jointly. The empirical model of schooling explicitly recognizes that decisions to proceed in school are taken sequentially, over time. We use the precise timing of events in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to determine the effects on schooling continuation decisions. The relative timing of pregnancies, marriage dates, and graduation dates are used to gain insight into the directions of causality and the magnitude of the effects.
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Panis, Constantijn W. A., Lee A. Lillard and Dawn M. Upchurch. "Implications of Family Formation for Educational Attainment Among Young Women." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995.