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THE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE FATHERHOOD ON YOUNG ADULT OUTCOMES
Author(s) -
FLETCHER JASON M.,
WOLFE BARBARA L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00372.x
Subject(s) - cohabitation , receipt , national longitudinal surveys , miscarriage , economics , longitudinal data , teenage pregnancy , demographic economics , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , demography , pregnancy , political science , population , accounting , biology , law , genetics
This paper uses national longitudinal data and several new empirical strategies to examine the consequences of teenage fatherhood. The key contribution is to compare economic outcomes of young fathers to young men whose partners experienced a miscarriage rather than a live birth. The results suggest that teenage fatherhood decreases years of schooling and the likelihood of receiving a high school diploma and increases general educational development receipt. Teenage fatherhood also appears to increase early marriage and cohabitation, and has mixed short‐term effects on several labor market outcomes. ( JEL J13, J24, J10)