Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5062770 Economics Letters 2006 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Our model implies a magnified effect of marriage rates on the illegitimacy ratio. For U.S. data, plots and regression estimates support the prediction that the share of unmarried births is driven by the square of the share of unmarried women.

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A tale of two shares: The relationship between the “illegitimacy” ratio and the marriage share
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