Teenage childbearing and its life cycle consequences: Exploiting a natural experiment

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-715

  Hotz, V Joseph ^a   McElroy, Susan Williams ^b   Sanders, Seth G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 24744467170     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xl.3.683     Document Type: Article

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