Browsing by Subject "Teen fertility"

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Early childbearing, human capital attainment and mortality risk

Ardington, Cally; Menendez, Alicia; Mutevedzi, Tinofa (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011-03)

This paper uses a rich longitudinal dataset to examine the relationship between teen fertility and both subsequent educational outcomes and mortality risk in rural South Africa. Human capital deficits among teen mothers ...
Health outcomes for children born to teen mothers in Cape Town, South Africa

Branson, Nicola; Ardington, Cally; Leibbrandt, Murray (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2011-03)

This paper analyzes the effect of being born to a teen mother on child health outcomes in South Africa using propensity score reweighting. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of the Cape Area Panel Study, we estimate the ...

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