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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Paper provided by Institute for Social and Economic Research in its series ISER working papers with number
2000-26.
Length: 29 Date of creation: Aug 2000 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2000-26
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