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Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing

Levine, Phillip B.; Kearney, Melissa S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper explores how specific media images affect adolescent attitudes and outcomes. The specific context examined is the widely viewed MTV franchise, 16 and Pregnant, a series of reality TV shows including the Teen Mom sequels, which follow the lives of pregnant teenagers during the end of...

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Child Care and Mothers' Employment Decisions

Levine, Phillip B.; Anderson, Patricia M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

Rising female labor force participation and recent changes to the welfare system have increased the importance of child care for all women and, particularly, the less-skilled. This paper focuses on the child care decisions of women who differ by their skill level and the role that costs play in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710720

Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing

Levine, Phillip B.; Kearney, Melissa S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to confirm a strong correlation at the individual level - women who …

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Roe v. Wade and American Fertility

Levine, Phillip B.; Staiger, Doug; Zimmerman, David John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

We consider the effect of abortion legalization on births in the United States. A simple theoretical model demonstrates that the impact of abortion legalization on the birth rate is ambiguous, because both pregnancy and abortion decisions could be affected. We use variation in the timing of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720724

Abortion as Insurance

Levine, Phillip B.; Staiger, Doug - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

This paper views abortion access as an insurance policy that protects women from unwanted pregnancies. Within this framework, we present a theoretical model where greater access provides value in the form of insurance against unwanted births and also reduces the incentive to avoid pregnancy....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778131

Subsidized Contraception, Fertility, and Sexual Behavior

Levine, Phillip B.; Kearney, Melissa S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

planning services to higher income women and to Medicaid clients whose benefits would expire otherwise. We begin by … establishing that the income-based policy change led to a substantial increase in the number of program recipients. We then examine … income thresholds for eligibility was accomplished via greater use of contraception. Our calculations indicate that allowing …

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Maternal Employment and Overweight Children

Butcher, Kristin F.; Levine, Phillip B.; Anderson, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

for children of white mothers, of mothers with more education, and of mothers with a high income level. Applying our …

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Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the "Marginal Child?"

Gruber, Jonathan; Levine, Phillip B.; Staiger, Doug - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997

We estimate the impact of changes in abortion access in the early 1970s on the average living standards of cohorts born in those years. In particular, we address the selection inherent in the abortion decision: is the marginal child who is not born when abortion access increases more or less...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005579938

Children's Welfare Exposure and Subsequent Development

Levine, Phillip B.; Zimmerman, David John - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

We examine the extent to which children are exposed to the welfare system through their mother's receipt of benefits and its impact on several developmental outcomes. Using data from the matched mother-child file from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), we find that children's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005580168

Explaining Recent Trends in the U.S. Teen Birth Rate

Levine, Phillip B.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We investigate trends in the U.S. rate of teen childbearing between 1981 and 2010, giving particular attention to the sizable decline that has occurred since 1991. Our primary focus is on establishing the role of state-level demographic changes, economic conditions, and targeted policies in...

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