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Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or...
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child. By setting standards in health care; education; and legal, civil and social services, it tried to protect the basic …
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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 of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two …
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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 of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011707616
It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the "latitude gradient"...
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It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the “latitude gradient”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011617886
's academic performance using the case of Mexico. In general, access to free health insurance could improve education outcomes … directly by making household members healthier or indirectly by raising the amount of resources available for education …
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describe the changes in education and health financing and the associated changes in service delivery during the crisis. The … study. In particular, the study analyzes the size and dynamics of public financing of education and healthcare and their …
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parental education and health investments. We show that i) there is a complementarity between education and health: if parents …
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cohort relevant changes in education and health is examined and discussed. Further, country differences in the impact from … education and health is examined. Results show that the largest increase in labour force participation among people aged 65 …
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