| Grant number: | 11/16735-4 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date: | March 01, 2012 |
| End date: | February 28, 2013 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources |
| Principal Investigator: | Elaine Toldo Pazello |
| Grantee: | Felícia Mariana Santos |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto (FEARP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Teenage pregnancy is a complex phenomenon associated with numerous economic, educational and behavioral factors. Many studies conducted in Brazil and in other countries are concerned to show the strong association between the age at which women have their first child and the social and economic indicators related to their future outcomes. In most of these studies there are evidences that early pregnancy affects school performance, hindering the inclusion of young mothers in the labor market. Such socioeconomic disadvantage may be associated with boosting the vicious circle of poverty and with the increasing gender inequalities in the labor market. This research aims to assess the impact of early pregnancy on economic and social short-term outcomes of Brazilian young women. To address the problem of endogeneity in the relationship between children and socioeconomic outcomes, this work proposes the use of stillbirth for the construction of the counterfactual of interest.Therefore, this study attempts to investigate how such an event may be associated with the perpetuation of the vicious circle of poverty. | |
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