Teenage childbearing and labor market implications for women

It is not difficult to find statistics showing that teenage childbearing is associated with poor labor market outcomes, but why is this the case? Does having a child as a teenager genuinely affect a woman’s economic potential—or is it simply a marker of problems she might already be facing as a result of her social and family background? The answer to this question has important implications for policy measures that could be taken to improve women’s lives.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Levine, Phillip B.
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	teen fertility \| education \| wages \| income

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.28 [DOI] 846222671 [GVK] hdl:10419/125252 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:28 [RePEc]
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	EconStor

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