Education, Labor Markets and the Retreat from Marriage.
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study and the Current Population Survey, we find that labor market conditions play a large role in explaining the positive relationship between educational attainment and marriage. Our results suggest that if low-educated parents enjoyed the s...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 41 - 64 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2011
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