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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
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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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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