Education and labor market consequences of teenage childbearing: Evidence using the timing of pregnancy outcomes and community fixed effects

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-325

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a   Wolfe, Barbara L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 67649386545     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.2.303     Document Type: Article

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