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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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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/10003889493
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Health care centralization : the health impacts of obstetric unit closures in the US
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey D. - 2023
Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference-in-differences design. We find that closures lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229781
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003789733
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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
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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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Does single parenthood increase the probability of teenage promiscuity, drug use, and crime? : evidence from divorce law changes
Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly; Helland, Eric - 2001
in the household, we find that youth who spend part of their childhood/youth living in a household that does not include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568767
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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; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935113
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952972