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Income Inequality and Early Nonmarital Childbearing

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine
Journal of Human Resources, January 2014, 49 (1) 1-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.1.1
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vol. 49 no. 1 1-31
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.1.1
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University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received January 1, 2012
  • Accepted December 1, 2012
  • Published online February 4, 2014.
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  1. Phillip B. Levine
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Review of Previous Research on Early Nonmarital Childbearing
    • III. Empirical Framework
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    • V. Results
    • VI. An Economic Model of Young Adult Decision Making
    • VII. Final Discussion
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