Garganta, Santiago; Pinto, María Florencia; Zentner, … - 2023 - This version: June 12, 2023
This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its...