Double trouble: The burden of child rearing and working on maternal mortality

Bucher-Koenen, Tabea ; Farbmacher, Helmut ; Guber, Raphael ; Vikstrom, Johan

URL:	http://www.farbmacher.de/working_papers/Bucher_Koe...
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2019
Place of publication:	München [u.a.]
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Business School > Finanzmärkte (Bucher-Koenen 2019-)
Subject:	300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology 330 Economics
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 inmortality 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.

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Bucher-Koenen, Tabea ; Farbmacher, Helmut ; Guber, Raphael ; Vikstrom, Johan (2019) Double trouble: The burden of child rearing and working on maternal mortality. München [u.a.] [Working paper]

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