estimate the effect of child-bearing on economic and marital outcomes. The application is motivated by American welfare reform … childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more tenuous …

economic and marital outcomes for mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by welfare reform, which … penalizes further childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that more children make continued poverty and welfare receipt … consequence of additional childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more …

economic and marital outcomes for mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by welfare reform, which … penalizes further childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that more children make continued poverty and welfare receipt … consequence of additional childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more …

wave of state and federal welfare reforms that took place in the 1990s importantly explains the observed increase in … to have played a more important role than welfare reform. What is more, the uncontrolled experimentation of the last two …