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Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing : Evidence from the School Expansion in Brazilian Municipalities / Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access To Education.
- Birthrate.
- Education For All.
- Educational Attainment.
- Gender and Education.
- Municipalities.
- Primary Education.
- Reproductive Health.
- Secondary Education.
- Teenage Childbearing.
- Underage Fertility.
- Local Subjects:
- Access To Education.
- Birthrate.
- Education For All.
- Educational Attainment.
- Gender and Education.
- Municipalities.
- Primary Education.
- Reproductive Health.
- Secondary Education.
- Teenage Childbearing.
- Underage Fertility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (52 pages)
- Other Title:
- Secondary Schools and Teenage Childbearing
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
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