This paper examines the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and the likelihood that a youth will drop out … youth outcomes in California is examined. The first section of the paper tests for non-linearities in the relationship … between indicators of neighborhood distress and youth outcomes. Some evidence is found for a break-point at low levels of …

In spite of the rapid fertility transition experienced by most LAC countries, teenage fertility has not changed at the … data for the second half of the 90's. Teenage fertility trends indicate different patterns of change across countries by … area of residence. However, in most countries teenage fertility has increased in rural areas but has declined or remained …

Teenage fertility is a social problem because of its private and public costs in countries of different levels of … development. Reductions in adolescent birth rates have not necessarily followed the drop in overall fertility due to the …. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the intervention reduced mothers’ likelihood of saving another child …

adolescent female fertility, healthcare spending is reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this study is to … examine the efect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending on maternal and neonatal mortality in South Asian … analysis. Descriptive statistical method was used for summary. The efect of adolescent female fertility and healthcare spending …

the daughters of teenage mothers are significantly more likely to become teenage mothers themselves …