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

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: María Laura Alzúa, Cecilia Velázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-07-01
Series:IZA Journal of Development and Migration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-017-0100-8