Add to ORKGThe economic theory of marriage suggests that more generous welfare benefits should serve to reduce the probability of marriage among mothers who have given birth out of wedlock. This relationship is explored using data on never-married mothers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Only very limited evidence indicates that higher welfare payments lower the probability of marriage for nonblack never-married mothers. For black never-married mothers, the results suggest that higher benefits are associated with higher marriage rates.
This study analyzed trends in marital behavior for unwed mothers who gave birth between 1960 and 200...
Since the 1970s, the out-of-wedlock birthrate has been increasing rapidly in the United States and h...
We examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first ma...
Despite interest in the potential of the welfare system as a tool to affect marriage behaviors among...
Using data from an experimental evaluation of the New Hope project, an anti-poverty program that inc...
Never-married motherhood is associated with worse educational outcomes for children. But this associ...
The author's estimates suggest that family caps designed to reduce fertility among welfare recipient...
Marriage has been declining in popularity. Less than 56 percent of adults were married in 2005; a su...
Marriage and its relation to choices of fertility, work, and welfare receipt have been widely studie...
Using discrete time event history analyses of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), w...
We use more than 20 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to examine wea...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
impact of labor and marriage market conditions on the incidence of marriage of young women (age 16-2...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
The objective of this paper is to identify the incentives and barriers to marriage among cohabit-ing...
This study analyzed trends in marital behavior for unwed mothers who gave birth between 1960 and 200...
Since the 1970s, the out-of-wedlock birthrate has been increasing rapidly in the United States and h...
We examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first ma...
Despite interest in the potential of the welfare system as a tool to affect marriage behaviors among...
Using data from an experimental evaluation of the New Hope project, an anti-poverty program that inc...
Never-married motherhood is associated with worse educational outcomes for children. But this associ...
The author's estimates suggest that family caps designed to reduce fertility among welfare recipient...
Marriage has been declining in popularity. Less than 56 percent of adults were married in 2005; a su...
Marriage and its relation to choices of fertility, work, and welfare receipt have been widely studie...
Using discrete time event history analyses of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), w...
We use more than 20 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to examine wea...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
impact of labor and marriage market conditions on the incidence of marriage of young women (age 16-2...
This paper provides a rational choice model that simultaneously analyzes women’s decisions about wel...
The objective of this paper is to identify the incentives and barriers to marriage among cohabit-ing...
This study analyzed trends in marital behavior for unwed mothers who gave birth between 1960 and 200...
Since the 1970s, the out-of-wedlock birthrate has been increasing rapidly in the United States and h...
We examine the association between nonmarital childbearing and the subsequent likelihood of first ma...