@article{Angelini_39_41,
author = {Angelini, Viola and Mierau, Jochen},
title={{Late-life health effects of teenage motherhood}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {39},
number = {41},
pages = {1081--1104},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.41},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Background: Teenage motherhood has been associated with a host of adverse outcomes over the life cycle. Less, however, is known about the impact of teenage motherhood on health later in life. 

Objective: To study the impact of teenage motherhood on late-life health, using a retrospective survey of almost 12,000 women aged 50+ from 13 European countries containing detailed information on early-life circumstances. 

Methods: We develop linear models of the association between teenage motherhood and late-life health outcomes. We control for early-life factors parametrically as well as through propensity score matching. In addition, we employ recently developed methods to derive consistent lower-bound estimates for the causal impact of teenage motherhood on late-life health outcomes. 

Results: We find that teenage mothers experience substantially poorer self-reported late-life health and are more likely to display depressive symptoms than nonteenage mothers. This result remains after controlling for early-life as well contemporaneous socioeconomic conditions. 

Contribution: We exploit recently developed empirical techniques to derive consistent lower bounds of the causal impact of teenage motherhood on health later in life using a cross-national survey of early-life and contemporaneous socioeconomic conditions. },
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/41/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol39/41/39-41.pdf}
}