Teenage Motherhood and Long-run Outcomes in South Africa
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Keywords
Teenage motherhood; high school completion; endogeneity; bivariate probit; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2007-05-26 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2007-05-26 (Development)
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