The effect of crime on adolescent fertility in Colombia
The purpose of this work is to explore the role of violent crime on adolescent fertility choices. It reviews the hypothesis that violent crime shortens life expectancy, which leads individuals to make earlier decisions about childbearing. We model the adolescent fertility rate (AFR) for the 10-14 an...
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Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economia
2022
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