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Girls just want to have fun? Sexuality, pregnancy, and motherhood among Bolivian teenagers
Alfonso, Mariana - 2007
This study attempts to quantify female teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and motherhood in Bolivia using the most … recent Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive results suggest that teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing … pregnancy is needed. Lastly, the estimation results indicate that not only socioeconomic and demographic factors, but also some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278249
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Taking chances: the effect of growing up on welfare on the risky behavior of young people
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ryan, Chris; Sartbayeva, Anastasia - 2009
We analyze the effect of growing up on welfare on young people's involvement in a variety of social and health risks. Young people in welfare families are much more likely to take both social and health risks. Much of the apparent link between family welfare history and risk taking disappears,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269361
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Use of ICTs: What Effect on the Quality of Youth Employment in Cameroon?
Meka'a, Cosmas Benard; Nouffeussie, Astride Claudel Njiepue - 2023
quality of youth employment in Cameroon. The study uses data from the Cameroonian Household Survey (CHS 4) carried out by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469428
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Delaying the bell: the effects of longer school days on adolescent motherhood in Chile
Kruger, Diana I.; Berthelon, Matias E. - 2009
We analyze the effect of a Chilean school reform that lengthened the school day from half to full-day shifts on the likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails opportunities to engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269494
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On the design of education conditional cash transfer programs and non education outcomes: The case of teenage pregnancy
Cortés, Darwin; Gallego, Juan; Maldonado, Darío - 2011
We investigate the effect of education Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) on teenage pregnancy. Our main concern … education CCT that conditions renewal on school performance reduces teenage pregnancy; the program can increase teenage … pregnancy if it does not condition on school performance. Then, using an original data base, we estimate the causal impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277415
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The causal effect of teen motherhood on worklessness
Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - 2009
Teen motherhood continues to be high in the US and the UK relative to most other western European countries. While recent research has clarified how effective policies to reduce teen motherhood might be (Kearney (2009)), there remains little evidence that quantifies the causal effects of teen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277861
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Does the welfare state destroy the family? Evidence from OECD member countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293124
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Mario; Halla, Martin - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294851
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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294893
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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce
Halla, Martin - 2009
Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294901