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Browsing School of Planning, Public Policy and Management Faculty Works by Subject "Illegitimacy ratio"
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(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2006-02)This paper proposes and tests a simple joint explanation for i) increases in marital and nonmarital birth rates in the United States over recent decades, ii) the dramatic rise in the share of nonmarital births, and iii) ...
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(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2004-11-01)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 various public ...
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(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2004-06-11)We develop a model of fertility and marriage that implies a magnified effect of marriage rates on the share of births to unmarried women. For U.S. data, plots and regression estimates support the prediction that the share ...
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