The Rising Share of Nonmarital Births: Fertility Choices or Marriage Behavior?

Gray, Jo Anna; Stockard, Jean; Stone, Joe A. (Joe Allan), 1948-

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dc.contributor.author	Gray, Jo Anna
dc.contributor.author	Stockard, Jean
dc.contributor.author	Stone, Joe A. (Joe Allan), 1948-
dc.date.accessioned	2005-03-22T23:16:26Z
dc.date.available	2005-03-22T23:16:26Z
dc.date.issued	2004-11-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1794/664
dc.description	33 p.	en
dc.description.abstract	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 policies. In contrast, we develop and test a model that attributes the rise to changes in marriage behavior, with no changes in fertility. A variety of empirical tests strongly supports this conclusion and invites focused attention to issues related to marriage behavior, as well as the interactions between marriage and fertility.	en
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Oregon, Dept of Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers; 2004-17
dc.subject	Fertility	en
dc.subject	Illegitimacy ratio	en
dc.subject	Marriage	en
dc.subject	Non-marital fertility ratio	en
dc.subject	Non-marital births	en
dc.title	The Rising Share of Nonmarital Births: Fertility Choices or Marriage Behavior?	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en