TY - JOUR
T1 - Single Moms and Deadbeat Dads
T2 - The Role of Earnings, Marriage Market Conditions, and Preference Heterogeneity
AU - Beauchamp, Andrew
AU - Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey
AU - Seitz, Shannon
AU - Skira, Meghan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2017) by the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Why do some men father children outside of marriage without providing support? Why do some women have children outside of marriage when they receive little support from fathers? Why is this behavior more common among Blacks than Whites? We estimate a dynamic equilibrium model of marriage, employment, fertility, and child support decisions. We consider the extent to which low earnings, marriage market conditions, and preference heterogeneity explain nonmarital childbearing, deadbeat fatherhood, and racial differences in these outcomes. We find the Black–White earnings gap and preference heterogeneity explain a substantial portion of racial differences, whereas marriage market conditions are less important.
AB - Why do some men father children outside of marriage without providing support? Why do some women have children outside of marriage when they receive little support from fathers? Why is this behavior more common among Blacks than Whites? We estimate a dynamic equilibrium model of marriage, employment, fertility, and child support decisions. We consider the extent to which low earnings, marriage market conditions, and preference heterogeneity explain nonmarital childbearing, deadbeat fatherhood, and racial differences in these outcomes. We find the Black–White earnings gap and preference heterogeneity explain a substantial portion of racial differences, whereas marriage market conditions are less important.
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U2 - 10.1111/iere.12267
DO - 10.1111/iere.12267
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040783150
SN - 0020-6598
VL - 59
SP - 191
EP - 232
JO - International Economic Review
JF - International Economic Review
IS - 1
ER -