Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232808 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14056
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the school entry cut-off give birth at higher age, but total fertility and earnings are unaffected. Being born after the cut-off reduces gestation and, hence, child birth weight. The effects on birth weight and gestation are rather small, however, suggesting that the long-run impacts are limited. Accordingly, we find no impacts on longer-term child outcomes, such as educational attainment and adolescent crime rates. Overall, we interpret this evidence as saying that there are no favorable effects of maternal age at birth on child outcomes.
Subjects: 
school starting age
fertility
maternal age
birth outcomes
education
crime
JEL: 
J13
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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