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Author: Gorry, Devon
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Basu, Shubhashrita Gorry, Devon |
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Consequences of Teenage Childbearing on Child Health Economics and Human Biology 42 (August 2021): 101019. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X21000435 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Birthweight; Child Health; Child Health, Limiting Condition(s); Childbearing, Adolescent; Obesity; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes This paper uses national longitudinal data to analyze the effects of having a teen mother on child health outcomes from birth to young adulthood. We use an empirical strategy that relies on miscarriages to put bounds on the causal effects of teen childbearing. Results show that having a teen mother does not have negative health consequences for children. In addition, children of teen mothers report fewer diagnosed disorders and conditions requiring medical attention. The results suggest that policies focused on delaying teen childbearing will not improve child health outcomes. |
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Basu, Shubhashrita and Devon Gorry. "Consequences of Teenage Childbearing on Child Health." Economics and Human Biology 42 (August 2021): 101019.
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Gorry, Aspen Gorry, Devon Trachter, Nicholas |
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Learning and Life Cycle Patterns of Occupational Transitions International Economic Review 60,2 (May 2019): 905-937. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iere.12371 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online Keyword(s): Life Cycle Research; Mobility, Occupational; Occupational Choice; Wages Individuals experience frequent occupational switches during their lifetime and initial worker characteristics are predictive of future patterns of occupational switching. We construct a quantitative model of occupational choices with worker learning and occupation specific productivity shocks to match life cycle patterns of occupational transitions and quantify the value of occupational mobility and learning. For the average 18‐year‐old worker, the value of being able to switch occupations is about 67 months of the maximum wage they could earn in the model and the value of a worker learning their type is about 32 months of this maximum wage. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved |
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Gorry, Aspen, Devon Gorry and Nicholas Trachter. "Learning and Life Cycle Patterns of Occupational Transitions." International Economic Review 60,2 (May 2019): 905-937.
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Gorry, Devon |
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Consequences of Teenage Childbearing on Child Outcomes in the United States Journal of Policy Analysis and Management published online (15 November 2022): DOI: 10.1002/pam.22451. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.22451 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Behavioral Problems; Childbearing, Adolescent; Educational Attainment; Labor Market Outcomes; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Children of teen mothers have worse academic, labor market and behavioral outcomes in the United States, but it is not clear whether these poor outcomes are caused by having a young mother or driven by selection into teen motherhood. Understanding the reasoning behind poor child outcomes is important for designing effective policies to improve child trajectories. Simple correlations using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults (NLSY79CY) confirm that outcomes for children of teenage mothers are worse relative to children of older mothers. These negative relationships persist after controlling for background variables or including family fixed effects, though the magnitudes are attenuated. However, these approaches fail to fully account for selection into teen motherhood. To overcome selection, I employ an empirical strategy that relies on miscarriages to put bounds on the causal effects of teen childbearing. These bounds show that teen childbearing among mothers who choose to give birth does not cause adverse outcomes for children. |
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Bibliography Citation
Gorry, Devon. "Consequences of Teenage Childbearing on Child Outcomes in the United States." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management published online (15 November 2022): DOI: 10.1002/pam.22451.
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