PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jennifer A. Heissel
TI  - Teen Fertility and Siblings’ Outcomes
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0218-9341R2
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 40--72
VI  - 56
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/40.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/40.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2021 Jan 01; 56
AB  - U.S. teen birth rates remain high relative to other industrialized countries. Despite extensive literature on teen mothers and their children, almost no research examines the effects of teen fertility on the rest of the mother’s family. I address this gap, finding that teen birth negatively affects mothers’ younger siblings. Using several matched control methods, I find that sisters of new teenage mothers experience a 3.8 percentage point decrease in test scores, a 7.6 percentage point increase in grade repetition, and a 9.3 percentage point increase high school dropout, while brothers experience a 9.2 percentage point increase in juvenile justice system exposure.