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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa : The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …

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Is it Necessary to Walk the Talk? The Effects of Maternal Experiences and Communication on the Sexual Behavior of Female Adolescents

Averett, Susan L. - 2012

Numerous social marketing campaigns exhort parents to talk to their children about sexual abstinence and pregnancy/STD prevention while child-development experts advise parents to initiate discussions about reproductive health and related values at an early age. The efficacy of these marketing...

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Is Self-Esteem a "Double Edged Sword"? Self-Esteem and the Onset of Adolescent Sexual Activity

Favara, Marta - 2013

Self-esteem has been conceptualized as a "social vaccine". The belief is that high self-esteem can inoculate young people, against vulnerability to a wide range of social illnesses. This study gives a contribution in the understanding of the causal relation between self-esteem and sexual...

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Gender and the Influence of Peer Alcohol Consumption on Adolescent Sexual Activity

Waddell, Glen R. - 2010

I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and demonstrate that female sexual activity is higher where there is higher alcohol consumption among male peers. This relationship is robust to school fixed effects, cannot be explained...

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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years : An Economic Model of the Rise in Premarital Sex and its De-Stigmatization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2010

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...

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Mental Health and Abortions Among Young Women : Time-Varying Unobserved Heterogeneity, Health Behaviors, and Risky Decisions

Janys, Lena; Siflinger, Bettina - 2023

In this paper, we provide causal evidence on abortions and risky health behaviors as determinants of mental health development among young women. Using administrative in- and outpatient records from Sweden, we apply a novel grouped fixed-effects estimator proposed by Bonhomme and Manresa (2015)...

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Young Entrepreneurs in Rural Africa : Prevalence, Determinants, Productivity

Nagler, Paula - 2014

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population. Given the large number of young job seekers that will enter the labor market over the next decade, we need a better understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship,...

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Parental Risk Preferences, Maternal Bargaining Power, and the Educational Progressions of Children : Lab-in-The-Field Evidence from Rural Côte D'Ivoire

Basu, Arnab K.; Dimova, Ralitza; Gbakou, Monnet; … - 2022

We analyse the effect of parental risk preferences and a novel measure of maternal bargaining power over educational expenses - elicited via lab-in-the-field experiments in rural Côte d'Ivoire on the educational progression of boys and girls. Data from 135 couples and their children show that...

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Migration and Young Child Nutrition : Evidence from Rural China

Mu, Ren - 2014

The unprecedented large scale rural-to-urban migration in China has left many rural children living apart from their parents. In this study, we examine the impact of parental migration on the nutritional status of young children in rural areas. We use the interaction terms between wage growth in...

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Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation : A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach

Antecol, Heather - 2009

Using 2000 U.S. Census data we illustrate the importance of accounting for household specialization in lesbian couples when examining the sexual orientation gap in female labor supply. Specifically, we find the labor supply gap is substantially larger between married women and partnered lesbian...

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