Joint Center for Poverty Research
Working Papers

Childbearing

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
Author: Laura D. Pittman, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
Author: Traci Mach

Abortion as Insurance
Author: Phillip Levine, Douglas Staiger

Academic and Behavioral Outcomes among the Children of Young Mothers
Author: Judith Levine, Harold Pollack, Maureen E. Comfort

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood: Recent Evidence and Future Directions
Author: Rebekah Levine Coley, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

AFDC Benefits and Nonmarital Births to Young Women
Author: Saul D. Hoffman, E. Michael Foster

An Insider View: Knowledge and Opinions of Welfare from African American Girls in Poverty
Author: Ann M. Kuta, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rebekah Levine Coley

Fragile Families and Welfare Reform
Author: Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Kristen Harknett

Games Daughters and Parents Play: Teenage Childbearing, Parental Reputation, and Strategic Transfers
Author: Lingxin Hao, V. Joseph Hotz, Ginger Zhe Jin

Gender Inequality in Poverty in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State
Author: Karen Christopher, Paula England, Sara McLanahan, Katherin Ross Phillips, Timothy M. Smeeding

Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior? A Look at the Family Cap
Author: Melissa Schettini Kearney

Legalized Abortion and Crime
Author: John J. Donohue, Steven D. Levitt

Promises to Keep: Assessing Affective and Behavioral Qualities of Mother-Child Relationships in the New Chance Observational Study
Author: John R. Ogawa, Nancy S. Weinfield, Byron Egeland

Sexual Intercourse and Pregnancy among African American Adolescent Girls in High-Poverty Neighborhoods: The Role of Family and Perceived Community Environment
Author: Mignon R. Moore, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

Teen Motherhood, Labor Market Involvement and the Receipt of Public Assistance
Author: Phillip Levine, Diane M. Whitmore

Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
Author: V. Joseph Hotz, Susan Williams McElroy, Seth G. Sanders

The Characteristics of Mothers Separated from a Young Child
Author: Joseph Swingle

The Effect of Family Planning Programs on the Fertility of Welfare Recipients: Evidence from Medicaid Claims
Author: Jennifer M. Mellor

The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital and Marital Births: Does It Differ by Racial and Age Groups?
Author: Chien-Chung Huang

The Impact of Social Policy and Economic Activity Throughout the Fertility Decision Tree
Author: Phillip Levine

The Impact of Welfare Waivers on Female Headship Decisions
Author: John M. Fitzgerald, David Ribar

The Sexual Activity and Birth Control Use of American Teenagers
Author: Phillip Levine

The Well-Being of Children Born to Teen Mothers: Multiple Approaches to Assessing the Causal Links
Author: Judith Levine, Harold Pollack

Welfare Waivers and Non-Marital Childbearing
Author: Ann E. Horvath-Rose, H. Elizabeth Peters