This paper estimates the causal effect of being born to a teenage mother on children's outcomes, exploiting compulsory … the daughters of teenage mothers are significantly more likely to become teenage mothers themselves. -- teenage motherhood … ; education ; fertility ; children ; instrumental variables ; compulsory schooling laws …

This study investigated the effects of divorce on educational gaps in mothers’ economic resources. The results shed new …, we estimated correlated random-effects models to examine educational gaps in divorce-related changes of mothers … in mothers’ economic resources did not widen after divorce. Instead, we found partial support for the competing notion of …