How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?.

Klepinger, Daniel; Lundberg, Shelly; Plotnick, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ590720

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Publication Date: 1999

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How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?

Klepinger, Daniel; Lundberg, Shelly; Plotnick, Robert

Journal of Human Resources, v34 n3 p421-48 Sum 1999

Analysis of data from a sample of women in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth shows that adolescent fertility substantially reduces years of formal education and work experience. These reductions in human capital have a significant effect on wages at age 25. (SK)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Educational Attainment, Females, Human Capital, Income, Pregnancy, Work Experience

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

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