Chevalier, Arnaud; Viitanen, Tarja K. - Centre for Economic Research, School of Economics and … - 2000
In this paper, we estimate the consequences of teenage motherhood on schooling and subsequent adult wages. The common … adult wages. However, the decisions to have a child as a teenager and to quit school at 16 might be endogenous. In order to …-term consequences of childbearing on adult work experience and wages are drastic. Experience is reduced by at least 2.5 years, and the …