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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey
Kïrdar, Murat G. - 2011
This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121743
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that the occurrence of twins is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence that challenges this premise. Using individual data for more than 18 million births (more than 500,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594542
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The twin instrument : fertility and human capital investment
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However recent work shows positive selection of women into twin birth. Thus, while OLS estimates will tend to be downward biased, twin-IV estimates will tend to be upward biased. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925159
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The twin instrument
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2016
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that their occurrence is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence challenging this premise. Using data on about 18 million births in 72 countries, we find that maternal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577906
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Twin birth and maternal condition
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2018
Twin births are often construed as a natural experiment in the social and natural sciences on the premise that the occurrence of twins is quasi-random. We present new population-level evidence that challenges this premise. Using individual data for 17 million births in 72 countries, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011896677
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Paid parental leave and families' living arrangements
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Kühnle, Daniel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2018
We examine how a paid parental leave reform causally affected families' living arrangements. The German reform we examine replaced a means-tested benefit with a universal transfer paid out for a shorter period. Combining a regression discontinuity with a difference-in-differences design, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865164
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Do Family Policies Affect Births, Maternal Employment and Marital Stability?
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2021
, which may reduce conflicts within the marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234563
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Schooling, Marriage, and Age of First Birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage, and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimates the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age, and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling results in a delay of marriage by 1.6 years. Marrying one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172089
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Schooling, Marriage and Age of First Birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138483
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Schooling, Marriage and Age of First Birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter - 2015
Low female schooling attainment, early marriage and low age at first birth are major policy concerns in developing … countries. This paper jointly estimated the determinants of educational attainment, marriage age and age of first birth among … related outcomes simultaneously. An additional year of schooling resulted in a delay of marriage by 1.5 years. Marrying one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029121