Abstract

The Price of Virtue

Margaret F. Brinig
Notre Dame Law School

F.H. Buckley
George Mason University School of Law

Undated

Abstract:
This Article offers new evidence on the determinants of U.S. unwed birth rates from 1975 to 1990. We show that higher illegitimacy rates are positively and significantly correlated with payments under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. Our results are also consistent with explanations which attribute the increase in illegitimacy to a decline in community-based social sanctions, which form part of a state's social capital.

JEL Classifications: H7, I38

Working Paper Series

Date posted: May 19, 1998 ; Last revised: May 19, 1998

Suggested Citation

Brinig, Margaret F. and Buckley, F.H. H., The Price of Virtue (Undated). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=4020

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Francis (Frank) H. Buckley (Contact Author) George Mason University School of Law ( email ) 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201 United States 703-993-8028 (Phone) 703-993-8088 (Fax)
Margaret Friedlander Brinig Notre Dame Law School ( email ) P.O. Box 780 Notre Dame, IN 46556-0780 United States

Abstract

Date posted: May 19, 1998 ; Last revised: May 19, 1998

Suggested Citation

Contact Information

Francis (Frank) H. Buckley (Contact Author)

Margaret Friedlander Brinig