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Are you (not) expecting? The unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy

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Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic represents a persistent development challenge. This paper uses data from a randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft skills training, to examine its impact on teenage pregnancy. We find that the program reduces the probability of teenage pregnancy by 8 percentage points (about 20 %), particularly among teenagers who are not already mothers. The program seems to affect teenage pregnancy through improvements in soft skills and expectations, among other channels. In addition, we find that the program plays a protective role for teenagers from more deprived backgrounds.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA Journal of Labor & Development ; ISSN: 2193-9020 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 19 ; Pages: 1-18 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Thema
Teenage pregnancy
Youth training programs
Soft skills
Dominican Republic

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Novella, Rafael
Ripani, Laura
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Springer
(wo)
Heidelberg
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.1186/s40175-016-0065-7
Handle
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  • Novella, Rafael
  • Ripani, Laura
  • Springer

Entstanden

  • 2016

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