The Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing

Mary Silles

doi:10.1111/coep.12417

The Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing

Mary Silles

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Abstract

This paper provides estimates of the impact of an unanticipated child during adolescence on labor supply and earnings using data for women who gave birth between 1976 and 2015 drawn from 1990 and 2000 censuses and the American Community Surveys. Twins at first birth are used as an instrument to avoid the problems of fertility endogeneity. Estimates from our instrumental variable models indicate that the arrival of a second‐born twin had severe economic consequences for adolescent women over most of our data. (JEL J13, J31, J16)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	694-713
Number of pages	20
Journal	Contemporary Economic Policy
Volume	37
Issue number	4
Early online date	15 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12417
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Teenage motherhood
Fertility
Female employment
Instrumental variables

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