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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2021
" adolescents. Particularly striking are the reductions in cognitive test scores and increases in excess body weight predicted by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318383
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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Self-Care
Lopoo, Leonard M. - 2011
Mounting evidence shows that self-care produces deleterious consequences for adolescents in the U.S. Since descriptive … and adolescent self-care. Findings suggest that the adolescents of mothers who work full-time spend an additional 43 … minutes per week in self-care compared to the adolescents of mothers who work part-time. Further, a standard deviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183322
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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior
Aughinbaugh, Alison; Gittleman, Maury - 2011
This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child's first three years and during adolescence on his or her decisions to engage in a range of risky behaviors: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, using marijuana and other drugs, engaging in sex and committing crimes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088654
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Maternal employment and adolescent development
Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2005
" adolescents. Particularly striking are the reductions in cognitive test scores and increases in excess body weight predicted by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011515
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Do babysitters have more kids? : the effects of teenage work experiences on adult outcomes
Erdogan, Zeynep; Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Kooreman, Peter - 2012
We examine the work experiences during middle school and high school of U.S. females and males and find that most of the child-oriented work such as babysitting and camp counseling is done by females. If the type of work undertaken while young affects either development of specific human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621612
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Promoting youth employment during COVID-19 : a review of policy responses
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Rinne, Ulf; Brunner, Johannes - 2022
Economic and social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis have particularly affected younger people, and therefore policy should respond with measures, programmes and initiatives targeted at this population group. Next to broader labour market and economic measures, which ultimately also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013269761
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Perez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2020
The consequences of early motherhood for the offspring are severely understudied, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where this phenomenon is prevalent. Using panel data from India, this paper investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419034
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Climate shocks and teenage fertility
Dessy, Sylvain Eloi; Marchetta, Francesca; Pongou, Roland; … - 2020
In communities highly dependent on rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods, the common occurrence of climatic shocks can lower the marginal cost of a child and raise fertility. We test this hypothesis using longitudinal data from Madagascar. Exploiting exogenous within-district year-to-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174878
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Religion predicting fertility behaviour of young women in contemporary Germany
Ottenbacher, Martha - 2020
Religion Predicting Fertility Behaviour of Young Women in Contemporary GermanyReligion in contemporary Germany is … behaviour, despite of secularizing tendencies. Religion may influence the debut and frequency of sexual activity, contraceptive … behaviour, cohabitation and marriage. Religious rules on alcohol consumption relate to the likelihood of miscarriages; religious …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301243
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Teen fertility and labor market segmentation : evidence from Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; David Sahn, E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016
Women represent the majority of informal sector workers in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where adolescent pregnancy rates are high. Little empirical evidence exists concerning the relationship between teen fertility and the likelihood that a woman will be employed in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596088