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SMU SOE Seminar (Oct 3, 2018, 2-3.30pm): Grandparents, Moms, or Dads? Why Children of Teen Mothers Do Worse in Life

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GRANDPARENTS, MOMS, OR DADS? WHY CHILDREN OF TEEN MOTHERS DO WORSE IN LIFE

 

Women who give birth as teens have worse subsequent educational and labor market outcomes than women who have first births at older ages. However, previous research has attributed much of these effects to selection rather than a causal effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of lower quality. Using Norwegian register data, we compare outcomes of children of sisters who have first births at different ages. Our evidence suggests that the causal effect of being a child of a teen mother is much smaller than that implied by the cross-sectional differences but that there are still significant long-term, adverse consequences, especially for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we use information on fathers and find that negative selection of fathers of children born to teen mothers plays an important role in producing inferior child outcomes. These effects are particularly large for mothers from higher socio-economic groups.

 

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Kjell Salvanes

Norwegian School of Economics

Economics of Education
Labor Economics

3 October 2018 (Wednesday)

2pm - 3.30pm

Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903