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...
Main Authors: | Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux, Matheson, Jesse |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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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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