Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227855 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2020:7
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
We document increased old-age mortality rates among Swedish twin mothers compared to non-twin mothers. Results are based on administrative data on mortality for the years 1990 to 2010. We argue that twins are an unplanned shock to fertility in the cohorts of older women considered. Deaths due to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart attacks, which are associated with stress during life, are significantly increased. Stratifying the sample by education and pension income shows the highest increase in mortality rates among highly educated mothers and those with above-median pension income. These results are consistent with the existence of a double burden from child rearing and working on mothers' health.
Subjects: 
Mortality
maternal health
fertility
twins
JEL: 
I1
J13
J2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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