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| Author(s): |
Felícia Mariana Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2013-03-05 |
| Examining board members: |
Elaine Toldo Pazello;
Reynaldo Fernandes;
Eduardo Luiz Goncalves Rios Neto
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| Advisor: | Elaine Toldo Pazello |
| Abstract | |
Teenage pregnancy is a complex phenomenon associated with numerous economic, educational and behavioral aspects. Many studies in Brazil and in others countries are concerned to present a strong association between the age at which women have their first child and the social and economic indicators relating to future results. 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 potentiation of the vicious poverty circle and with increasing gender inequalities in the labor market. The objective of this research is to analyze the impact of early motherhood on the short-term socioeconomic results of Brazilian adolescents. To address the problem of endogeneity in the relationship between children and socioeconomic outcomes, this study proposes the use of stillbirth for the construction of the counterfactual of interest. The results show that teenagers who have child are more likely to establish a marital relationship, have 18.4 percentage points more likely to have a spouse. There is also evidence of significant negative impacts of this event on the development of schooling. It is estimated a reduction by 18.8 percentage points in the probability of attending school and by 10 percentage points in the probability of have complete at least the primary education. Furthermore, evidence was found that the presence of child also reduces in 13.7 p.p the chances of adolescents participate in the labor market. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/16735-4 - The impact of teenage childbearing on the economic and social outcomes of Brazilian teenagers |
| Grantee: | Felícia Mariana Santos |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |