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Direct linkKearney, Melissa Schettini; Levine, Phillip B. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
This paper examines two aspects of teen childbearing in the United States. First, it reviews and synthesizes the evidence on the reasons why teen birth rates are so uniquely high in the United States and especially in some states. Second, it considers why and how it matters. We argue that economists' typical explanations are unable to account for…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Birth Rate
