that Muslims are the youngest when becoming pregnant for the first time. Protestants delay first pregnancy, but once being … pregnant, Protestants are more likely to carry their first pregnancy to term rather than having an abortion. With respect to … first pregnancy and its outcome, Catholics surprisingly compare to non‐religious women. Against the background of increasing …

rather than the influence of substance use. I model the effect of alcohol use on the likelihood of pregnancy among youth … National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I find that alcohol consumption increases the likelihood of pregnancy by 4.7 percentage …

In this paper, we examine whether a friend or older sibling’s teen pregnancy impacts one’s own sexual behavior. We … sharp timing of the end a peer’s pregnancy to analyze the evolution of sexual behavior. We find that those who observe a … peer’s teen pregnancy change their sexual behavior after the event to put themselves at lower risk of their own teen …

Unwanted pregnancy represents a major cost of sexual activity. When abortion was legalized in a number of states in …

Youth (NLSY) are applied in the empirical work. Changes in laws resulting from Supreme Court decisions create a natural …