caa a22 4500 46575452X CHVBK 20180323111843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02901189 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02901189 McCrate Elaine aut Labor market segmentation and relative black/white teenage birth rates [Elektronische Daten] [Elaine McCrate] Teenage mothers typically have lower educational attainment than other women. Most observers have argued that this is a major reason for their greater risk of poverty. This article takes the opposite view: that circumstances associated with poverty contribute to a greater likelihood of teenage childbearing. In particular, poor educational quality and the chances of secondary sector employment are more common for black women, regardless of their age at first birth. Hence the payoffs to education may be quite low for these women, which may be the reason for early motherhood. This argument is presented in terms of segmented labor market theory. Data to support it is presented from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Other common explanations of teenage motherhood are critiqued. Springer, 1990 The Review of Black Political Economy Springer-Verlag 18/4(1990-03-01), 37-53 0034-6446 18:4<37 1990 18 12114 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901189 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901189 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- McCrate Elaine aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Review of Black Political Economy Springer-Verlag 18/4(1990-03-01), 37-53 0034-6446 18:4<37 1990 18 12114 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer