Employment opportunities and pre-marital births in Britain

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ISER Working Paper Series

Series Number

2000-26

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ISER Working Paper Series

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Publication date

August 1, 2000

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.

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