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Title: The Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.1111/coep.12417

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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.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/coep.12417

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Authors: Silles, Mary, A

Periodical (Full): Contemporary Economic Policy

Issue: 4

Volume: 37

Pages: 694-713

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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