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Title: The Socioeconomic Consequences of Teen Childbearing Reconsidered
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Geronimus, Arline T. Korenman, Sanders D. |
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The Socioeconomic Consequences of Teen Childbearing Reconsidered Research Report No. 90-190, Ann Arbor MI: Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1990. Also: http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/pubs/abs/837 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Behavioral Problems; Birthweight; Childbearing, Adolescent; Family Background and Culture; Heterogeneity; Household Composition; Siblings; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Teen childbearing is commonly viewed as an irrational behavior that leads to long-term socioeconomic disadvantage for mothers and their children. Cross- sectional studies that estimate relationships between maternal age at first birth and socioeconomic indicators measured later in life form the empirical basis for this view. However, these studies have failed to account adequately for differences in family background among women who time their births at different ages. The authors present new estimates of the consequences of teen childbearing that take into account observed and unobserved family background heterogeneity, comparing sisters who have timed their first births at different ages. Sibling comparisons suggest that previous estimates have overstated the consequences of early fertility. |
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Geronimus, Arline T. and Sanders D. Korenman. "The Socioeconomic Consequences of Teen Childbearing Reconsidered." Research Report No. 90-190, Ann Arbor MI: Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1990. |