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

Melissa Schettini Kearney, Phillip B. Levine

NBER Working Paper No. 17964
Issued in March 2012

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The authors thank Kelleen Kaye for helpful comments and Lisa Dettling for very capable research assistance. Any views expressed are those of the authors alone. We acknowledge financial support from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned pregnancy. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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