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SUBMITTER: Branson N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4451838 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Branson Nicola N Ardington Cally C Leibbrandt Murray M
Economic development and cultural change 20150401 3
This paper analyzes whether children born to teen mothers in Cape Town, South Africa are disadvantaged in terms of their health outcomes because their mother is a teen. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of the Cape Area Panel Study, we assess whether observable differences between teen mothers and slightly older mothers can explain why first-born children of teen mothers appear disadvantaged. Our balanced regressions indicate that observed characteristics cannot explain the full extent of disad ...[more]