ArticleJournal of health economics2019
Can a conditional cash transfer reduce teen fertility? The case of Brazil's Bolsa Familia.
Article in Journal of health economics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Key normative, legal, and policy considerations for supporting pregnant and postpartum adolescents in high HIV-burden settings: a critical analysis.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Review
- Adolescent pregnancy, public policies, and targeted programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2021Article
- Building resilient societies after COVID-19: the case for investing in maternal, neonatal, and child health.The Lancet. Public health · 2020Review
- Adolescent parenthood associated with adverse socio-economic outcomes at age 30 years in women and men of the Pelotas, Brazil: 1982 Birth Cohort Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2019Article
- COVID-19 emergency cash transfer and pregnancy in Brazil.Demographic researchArticle
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Abstract
In 2008, Brazil's conditional cash transfer program expanded to cover a wider range of ages. Poor families are now given stipends for their children's school attendance up to age seventeen, whereas prior the maximum age was fifteen. Using a nationally representative household survey, we estimate the impact of this policy on teen fertility with a triple difference analysis on the fertility outcomes of treated cohorts vs. non-treated cohorts based on income eligibility, age eligibility, and timing of program implementation. We find a three percentage point drop in fertility among eligible teens within five years of program implementation. This offsets the difference in fertility between poor and non-poor teens. The impact is concentrated in urban areas, with no program effects found in rural areas. We are able to replicate these findings using National Birth Registry Data.
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