Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2020:7: Double trouble: The burden of child rearing and working on maternal mortality
Tabea Bucher-Koenen (), Helmut Farbmacher (), Raphael Guber and Johan Vikström ()
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Tabea Bucher-Koenen: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Postal: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Munich, Germany
Helmut Farbmacher: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Postal: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Munich, Germany
Raphael Guber: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Postal: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging
Johan Vikström: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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.
Keywords: Mortality; maternal health; fertility; twins
36 pages, May 19, 2020
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