TY - JOUR
T1 - School Desegregation and Teenage Fertility
AU - Bifulco, Robert
AU - Lopoo, Leonard Michael
AU - Oh, Sun Jung
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - The school desegregation efforts following the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision represent one of the most important social policy initiatives of the 20th century. Despite a large research literature that shows many positive effects of desegregation on educational outcomes, its effect on the lives of individuals outside of the educational domain are still not fully understood. In this article, we examine the effects of desegregation on the fertility of teenagers. In contrast to previous findings, our analysis suggests that desegregation did not reduce the fertility of non-White teens, and, if it had any effect at all, it likely increased birthrates among non-White teens in counties with small to average-sized non-White populations.
AB - The school desegregation efforts following the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision represent one of the most important social policy initiatives of the 20th century. Despite a large research literature that shows many positive effects of desegregation on educational outcomes, its effect on the lives of individuals outside of the educational domain are still not fully understood. In this article, we examine the effects of desegregation on the fertility of teenagers. In contrast to previous findings, our analysis suggests that desegregation did not reduce the fertility of non-White teens, and, if it had any effect at all, it likely increased birthrates among non-White teens in counties with small to average-sized non-White populations.
KW - racial inequality
KW - school desegregation
KW - teenage fertility
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U2 - 10.3102/0162373715570940
DO - 10.3102/0162373715570940
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949638421
VL - 37
SP - 591
EP - 611
JO - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
JF - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
SN - 0162-3737
IS - 4
ER -