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Title: DINKs, DEWKs Co. Marriage, Fertility and Childlessness in the United States

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: We develop a theory of marriage and fertility, distinguishing the choice to have chil- dren from the choice of the number of children. The deep parameters of the model are identified from the 1990 US Census. We measure voluntary and involuntary childless- ness, and explain why (1) single women are more often childless than married women but, when mothers, their fertility are almost similar; (2) childlessness exhibits a U- shaped relationship with education for both single and married; (3) the relationship between marriage rates and education is hump-shaped. We show how family patterns have been shaped by the rise in education and wage inequality, and by the shrinking gender wage gap.

Url: https://hal.univ-lille3.fr/hal-00993307/document

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Authors: Baudin, Thomas; Croix, David; Gobbi, Paula

Publisher: HAL

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Fertility and Mortality

Countries: United States