全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19961
来源ID	Working Paper 19961
	Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
	Mabel Andalón; Jenny Williams; Michael Grossman
发表日期	2014-03-06
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order to identify the causal effect of schooling, we exploit temporal and geographic variation in the number of lower secondary schools built following the extension of compulsory education in Mexico from 6th to 9th grade in 1993. We show that raising females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases their propensity to use contraception at sexual debut. This indicates that the impact of schooling on women's wellbeing extends beyond improved labor market outcomes and includes greater autonomy over their fertility.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Education
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19961
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577635
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mabel Andalón,Jenny Williams,Michael Grossman. Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception. 2014.