Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine explains and incorporates the findings that links both income inequality and rates of teenage childbirth. The authors point out that poor girls who live in places with a high level of inequality are more likely to be teen parents. Rich add in a statistic stating a teenage girl in Mississippi is four times more likely to give birth than a teenage girl in New Hampshire. This statistic proves Rich’s point that was stated earlier in his findings.
Inequality makes the poorest citizens believe they have little chance of economic mobility. The authors point out that other research has shown that poor girls who have babies when they are teenagers do not suffer much worse economic outcomes in the long term than
Inequality makes the poorest citizens believe they have little chance of economic mobility. The authors point out that other research has shown that poor girls who have babies when they are teenagers do not suffer much worse economic outcomes in the long term than