Causes and Consequences of Teen Childbearing: Evidence from a Reproductive Health Intervention in South Africa

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dc.creatorBranson, Nicola
dc.creatorByker, Tanya
dc.date2016-06-30T12:33:13Z
dc.date2016-06-30T12:33:13Z
dc.date2016-06
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-06T10:56:20Z
dc.date.available2017-06-06T10:56:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-06
dc.descriptionThe rollout of the National Adolescent Friendly Clinic Initiative (NAFCI) serves as a natural experiment to study the causes and consequences of early teen child bearing. Geolinking residence histories to the rollout, we estimate that living near a NAFCI clinic during adolescence delayed early childbearing by 1.2 years on average. Adolescents who had access to NAFCI completed more years of schooling and, consistent with increased human capital investments, earn substantially higher wages as young adults. Children born to women who had access to youth-friendly services as teens show substantial health advantages, indicating a strong intergenerational benefit of delayed childbearing.
dc.descriptionWe are grateful to Cally Ardington, Martha Bailey, Diane Cooper, Robert Garlick, David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Jeff Smith for helpful comments and guidance.
dc.descriptionThis project was generously supported by a William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/Institute of International Education Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development and the Hewlett/PRB Global Teams of Research Excellence in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development. Tanya Byker also received support from an NICHD training grant to the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan (T32 HD007339).
dc.identifierBranson, N., Byker, T. (2016). Causes and Consequences of Teen Childbearing: Evidence from a Reproductive Health Intervention in South Africa. A Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit Working Paper Number 166. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town
dc.identifier978-1-928281-27-6
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/815
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2017-06-06 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Teenage childbearing KW - Maternal and child outcomes KW - Youth friendly reproductive health services LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Causes and Consequences of Teen Childbearing: Evidence from a Reproductive Health Intervention in South Africa TI - Causes and Consequences of Teen Childbearing: Evidence from a Reproductive Health Intervention in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/815 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/815
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationSaldru Working Paper;166
dc.subjectTeenage childbearing
dc.subjectMaternal and child outcomes
dc.subjectYouth friendly reproductive health services
dc.titleCauses and Consequences of Teen Childbearing: Evidence from a Reproductive Health Intervention in South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
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