TY - JOUR
T1 - Early maternity and paternity. Effects on educational trajectories
AU - Berthelon, Matías
AU - Contreras, Dante
AU - Kruger, Diana
AU - Palma, María Isidora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - This paper investigates the dynamic effects of adolescent parenthood on education enrollment in Chile using administrative data covering six cohorts born between 1990 and 1995. Employing an event study methodology, the analysis reveals substantial and persistent declines for both teen mothers and fathers in school enrollment, but more pronounced and enduring effects for mothers. Heterogeneity assessments expose socioeconomic disparities, indicating larger effects among parents from disadvantaged backgrounds. The study sheds light on the short-term dynamics of educational disruptions caused by early parenthood, offering insights for policy interventions aimed at retaining or reintegrating socioeconomically vulnerable students into the education system.
AB - This paper investigates the dynamic effects of adolescent parenthood on education enrollment in Chile using administrative data covering six cohorts born between 1990 and 1995. Employing an event study methodology, the analysis reveals substantial and persistent declines for both teen mothers and fathers in school enrollment, but more pronounced and enduring effects for mothers. Heterogeneity assessments expose socioeconomic disparities, indicating larger effects among parents from disadvantaged backgrounds. The study sheds light on the short-term dynamics of educational disruptions caused by early parenthood, offering insights for policy interventions aimed at retaining or reintegrating socioeconomically vulnerable students into the education system.
KW - Adolescent parenthood
KW - High school enrollment
KW - Teen pregnancy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85210062525&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103404
DO - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85210062525
SN - 0304-3878
VL - 173
JO - Journal of Development Economics
JF - Journal of Development Economics
M1 - 103404
ER -