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dc.contributor.authorMonstad, Karin
dc.contributor.authorPropper, Carol
dc.contributor.authorSalvanes, Kjell Gunnar
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-15T12:52:21Z
dc.date.available2012-03-15T12:52:21Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/163380
dc.description.abstractThere is relatively little research on peer effects in teenage motherhood despite the fact that peer effects, and in particular social interaction within the family, are likely to be important. We estimate the impact of an elder sister’s teenage fertility on the teenage childbearing of their younger sister. To identify the peer effect we utilize an educational reform that impacted on the elder sister’s teenage fertility. Our main result is that within families, teen births tend to be contagious and the effect is larger where siblings are close in age and for women from low resource households.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherNowegian School of Economics, Department of Economicsno_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Papers;12/2011
dc.subjectteenage pregnancyno_NO
dc.subjectspillover effectsno_NO
dc.subjecteducationno_NO
dc.titleIs teenage motherhood contagious? Evidence from a Natural Experimentno_NO
dc.typeWorking paperno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212no_NO


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