Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ermisch, John
Title: Employment opportunities and pre-marital births in Britain
Abstract: In 1999, nearly two-fifths of births in Britain were outside marriage. This study estimates the impact of employment opportunities in the local labour market on the probability that a childless never married woman has a birth outside marriage. It uses the unemployment rate in the travel-to-work area in which the woman lives as the indicator of employment opportunities. The estimates indicate poorer employment opportunities increase the pre-marital first birth rate and discourage union formation.

Creation-Date: 20000801
Number: 2000-26
Publication-Status: published
File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2000-26.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2000-26