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The Effect of a Peer's Teen Pregnancy on Sexual Behavior
Anand, Priyanka; Kahn, Lisa B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In this paper, we examine whether a friend or older sibling's teen pregnancy impacts one's own sexual behavior. We … sharp timing of the end of a peer's pregnancy to analyze the evolution of sexual behavior. We find that those who observe a … peer's teen pregnancy change their sexual behavior after the event to put themselves at lower risk of their own teen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287329
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun? Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Motherhood Among Bolivian Teenagers
Alfonso, Mariana - 2011
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/10013126175
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Temperature and sex ratios at birth
Wilde, Joshua; Dimitrova, Anna; Kashyap, Ridhi; … - 2024
Sex ratios at birth shape populations and are linked to maternal health and gender discrimination. We estimate the effect of prenatal temperature exposure on birth sex by linking data on 5 million births in 33 sub-Saharan African countries and India with high-resolution temperature data. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015064462
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The effects of state-mandated abstinence-based sex education on teen health outcomes
Carr, Jillian B.; Packham, Analisa - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 4, pp. 403-420
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Peer effects in sexual initiation : separating demand and supply mechanisms
Richards-Shubik, Seth - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 6 (2015) 3, pp. 663-702
Most work on social interactions studies a single, composite effect of interactions within a group. Yet in the case of sexual initiation, there are two distinct social mechanisms-peer-group norms and partner availability-with separate effects and different potential interventions. Here I develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757758
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Regulatory perceptions of marketing : interpreting UK competition authority investigations from 1950 to 2005
Ashton, John K.; Pressey, Andrew D. - In: Journal of public policy & marketing : JPP & M ; an … 27 (2008) 2, pp. 156-164
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Do teenagers respond to HIV risk information? : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Dupas, Pascaline - 2009
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and early childbearing
Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Levine, Phillip B. - In: The problems of disadvantaged youth : an economic …, (pp. 181-209). 2009
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and early childbearing
Kearney, Melissa Schettini; Levine, Phillip B. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003549095
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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; Estelle, Sarah M. - 2012
Numerous social marketing campaigns exhort parents to talk to their children about sexual abstinence and pregnancy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009549359