Late-Life Health Effects of Teenage Motherhood

Viola Angelini and Jochen Mierau

Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers from HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: We study the causal impact of teenage motherhood on late-life health outcomes, using a retrospective survey of almost 12,000 women from 13 European countries containing detailed information on early-life circumstances. We find that, compared to other women, teenage mothers experience substantially lower self-reported latelife health and are more likely to display depressive symptoms. This effect is robust to controlling for early-life factors, both parametrically and through propensity score matching, and is unlikely to be driven by selection on unobservables. Studying potential transmission mechanisms by which teenage motherhood translates into adverse late-life health highlights the importance of life-cycle socio-economic conditions and societal values.

Keywords: teenage motherhood; self-reported health; depression; retrospective data; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J13 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-08
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Journal Article: Late-life health effects of teenage motherhood (2018)
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