A Birth-Cohort Test of the Wilson-Willis Model of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing

dc.contributor.authorStone, Joe A.
dc.contributor.authorStockard, Jean
dc.contributor.authorGray, Jo Anna
dc.contributor.authorDepartment of Economics, University of Oregon
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-17T18:53:11Z
dc.date.available2023-05-17T18:53:11Z
dc.date.issued2010-02
dc.description18 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper offers the first birth-cohort test of the Wilson-Willis model of black-white differences in nonmarital childbearing. Cohort data are uniquely suited to the model, and unlike prior evidence, support the power of the model’s predictions: For blacks, the nonmarital birth share rises, as predicted, with the ratio of female to male resources, but decreases for whites. Similarly, the nonmarital birth share for blacks decreases with the ratio of eligible men to women for blacks, as predicted, yet increases for whites. The model explains a majority of the racial difference in nonmarital birth shares.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/28306
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniveristy of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectmarriageen_US
dc.subjectfertilityen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjecthuman capitalen_US
dc.titleA Birth-Cohort Test of the Wilson-Willis Model of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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