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We examine the effect of alcohol exposure in utero on child academic achievement. As well as studying the effect of any alcohol exposure, we investigate the effect of the dose, pattern, and duration of exposure. We use a genetic variant in the maternal alcohol-metabolism gene ADH1B as an...
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Alcohol policies have potentially far-reaching impacts on risky sexual behavior, prenatal health behaviors, and subsequent outcomes for infants. We examine whether changes in minimum drinking age (MLDA) laws affect the likelihood of poor birth outcomes. Using data from the National Vital...
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long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), which are more effective at preventing pregnancy than more commonly used …
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A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and … marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs combined reduce STI more, but cut dropout and pregnancy less, than … education subsidies alone. These results are inconsistent with a model of schooling and sexual behavior in which both pregnancy …
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identification of causal effects is particularly challenging in this literature because women enter pregnancy with varying states of …
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that a pregnancy will be terminated. We use individual data on births and abortions from three southern states, South … relationship between distance from an abortion provider and the probability that a pregnancy is aborted. We conclude that minors … include their parents in the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Other minors seek abortion in a neighboring state. Overall …
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pregnancy to term, but that they have no direct effect on birth weight. In contrast, community-level measures of the …
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experiment which is utilized to examine fertility behavior. Multivariate models controlling for state and, in the NLSY, personal …
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In recent years, several countries have implemented restrictive, abstinence-only policies toward reproductive health, as opposed to comprehensive, adolescent-friendly health services. Little is known, however, about the effects of these restrictive policies on adolescent birth rates at the...
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We examine the effect of teenage childbearing on the adult outcomes of a sample of women who gave birth, miscarried or had an abortion as teenagers. If miscarriages are (conditionally) random, then if all miscarriages occur before teenagers can obtain abortions, using the absence of a...
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