This article investigates the effect increasing secondary education opportunities has on teenage fertility in Brazil … between 1997 and 2009, the analysis shows an important role of secondary school availability on underage fertility. An …

thin mothers are at risk of having wasted or thin children. Only children of mothers in the richest wealth group and with … of being stunted. The short stature of mothers may take a generation or more to eliminate. Delaying marriage and …

cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …

Since the 1990s, India has seen robust economic growth, rising wages, steady fertility decline, increased urbanization … to examine the effects of having a young child on mothers' employment in urban India over 1983-2011. The analysis also … depresses mothers' employment, an inverse relationship that has intensified over time. Further, living in a household with older …

the enrollment status of youth ages 15 to 25. The findings suggest that negative income shocks significantly increase the … three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment … outcomes than similar youth who exit school without a household income shock. Differences in labor markets and safety net …