The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina

This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of educa...

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Autores principales: Alzúa, María Laura, Velázquez Battistessa, Cecilia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Economía
Teenage fertility
Education
Instrumental variables
Compulsory schooling laws
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97987
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/56615
https://izajodm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40176-017-0100-8
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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