Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities

This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil. Using a novel dataset to exploit variation from a 57 increase in secondary schools across 4,884 Brazilian municipalities between 1...

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Main Authors:	Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux, Matheson, Jesse
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	SECONDARY EDUCATION TEENAGE CHILDBEARING MUNICIPALITIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNDERAGE FERTILITY BIRTHRATE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/242591601910685920/Secondary-Schools-and-Teenage-Childbearing-Evidence-from-the-School-Expansion-in-Brazilian-Municipalities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34591

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spelling	okr-10986-345912022-09-20T00:12:37Z Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux Matheson, Jesse SECONDARY EDUCATION TEENAGE CHILDBEARING MUNICIPALITIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNDERAGE FERTILITY BIRTHRATE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil. Using a novel dataset to exploit variation from a 57 increase in secondary schools across 4,884 Brazilian municipalities between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An increase of one school per 100 females reduces a cohort's teenage birthrate by between 0.250 and 0.563 births per 100, or a reduction of one birth for roughly every 50 to 100 students who enroll in secondary education. The results highlight the important role of access to education leading to spillovers beyond improving educational attainment. 2020-10-08T13:35:57Z 2020-10-08T13:35:57Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/242591601910685920/Secondary-Schools-and-Teenage-Childbearing-Evidence-from-the-School-Expansion-in-Brazilian-Municipalities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34591 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9420 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic	SECONDARY EDUCATION TEENAGE CHILDBEARING MUNICIPALITIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNDERAGE FERTILITY BIRTHRATE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
spellingShingle	SECONDARY EDUCATION TEENAGE CHILDBEARING MUNICIPALITIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNDERAGE FERTILITY BIRTHRATE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux Matheson, Jesse Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
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description	This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil. Using a novel dataset to exploit variation from a 57 increase in secondary schools across 4,884 Brazilian municipalities between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An increase of one school per 100 females reduces a cohort's teenage birthrate by between 0.250 and 0.563 births per 100, or a reduction of one birth for roughly every 50 to 100 students who enroll in secondary education. The results highlight the important role of access to education leading to spillovers beyond improving educational attainment.
format	Working Paper
author	Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux Matheson, Jesse
author_facet	Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux Matheson, Jesse
author_sort	Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux
title	Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
title_short	Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
title_full	Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
title_fullStr	Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
title_full_unstemmed	Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities
title_sort	secondary schools and teenage childbearing : evidence from the school expansion in brazilian municipalities
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/242591601910685920/Secondary-Schools-and-Teenage-Childbearing-Evidence-from-the-School-Expansion-in-Brazilian-Municipalities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34591
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Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities

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