Teen motherhood is associated with a variety of adverse consequences in prior literature, even after controlling for selection into teen motherhood. The experience of parenthood, however, is highly gendered, suggesting that the consequences of teenage parenthood might differ for teen mothers and teen fathers. This paper examines gender differences in the long-term human capital, health, and wellbeing consequences of teen parenthood in Canada. OLS and logistic regression models with inverse-probability of treatment weights were estimated using pooled data from the 2006, 2011, and 2017 Canadian General Social Surveys. Models estimate the approximate causal consequences of teen motherhood and fatherhood for measures reported between the ages of 30 and 49. We find that becoming a parent as a teen is similarly detrimental for both women and men in terms of high school completion, postsecondary attendance, personal income, self-reported health, and life satisfaction, even 10 to 35 years after becoming a teen parent. These results, however, should be interpreted with caution because they may be affected by the underreporting of children by men. The findings highlight the importance of considering both teen mothers and teen fathers in efforts to isolate the adverse effects of teen parenthood, and that in Canada, teen fathers face similar disadvantages as teen mothers in these outcomes in their early adulthood to midlife.

在先前的文献中，即使在控制了选择成为青少年母亲之后，青少年母性与各种不良后果有关。然而，为人父母的经历是高度性别化的，这表明青少年为人父母的后果可能对青少年母亲和青少年父亲有所不同。本文研究了加拿大青少年为人父母的长期人力资本、健康和福祉影响方面的性别差异。使用来自 2006 年、2011 年和 2017 年加拿大综合社会调查的汇总数据估计具有治疗权重反概率的 OLS 和逻辑回归模型。模型估计了 30 至 49 岁报告的青少年母亲和父亲的大致因果关系。我们发现，即使在成为青少年父母 10 至 35 年后，在高中毕业、中学后出勤率、个人收入、自我报告的健康状况和生活满意度方面，作为青少年成为父母同样对女性和男性有害。然而，这些结果应该谨慎解释，因为它们可能会受到男性少报儿童的影响。研究结果强调了在努力隔离青少年父母的不利影响时考虑青少年母亲和青少年父亲的重要性，并且在加拿大，青少年父亲在成年早期到中年的这些结果中面临与青少年母亲相似的劣势。但是，应该谨慎解释，因为它们可能会受到男性少报儿童的影响。研究结果强调了在努力隔离青少年父母的不利影响时考虑青少年母亲和青少年父亲的重要性，并且在加拿大，青少年父亲在成年早期到中年的这些结果中面临与青少年母亲相似的劣势。但是，应该谨慎解释，因为它们可能会受到男性少报儿童的影响。研究结果强调了在努力隔离青少年父母的不利影响时考虑青少年母亲和青少年父亲的重要性，并且在加拿大，青少年父亲在成年早期到中年的这些结果中面临与青少年母亲相似的劣势。