Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ermisch, John
Title: Does a ‘teen-birth’ have longer-term impacts on the mother? suggestive evidence from the British Household Panel Study
Abstract: The paper studies associations between a woman's age at becoming a mother and subsequent 'outcomes', such as her living standard, when she is aged 30-51. The data come from the British Household Panel Survey over the years 1991-2001. The analysis suggests that having a teen-birth, particularly when aged under 18, constrains a woman's opportunities in the 'marriage market' in the sense that she finds it more difficult to find and retain a partner, and she partners with more unemployment-prone and lower earning men. Teenage mothers are much less likely to be a homeowner later in life, and her living standard, as measured by equivalent household income, is about 20% lower.

Creation-Date: 20031101
Number: 2003-32
Publication-Status: published
File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2003-32.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2003-32