We investigate the effect of education Conditional Cash Transfer programs (CCTs) on teenage pregnancy. Our main concern … education CCT that conditions renewal on school performance reduces teenage pregnancy; the program can increase teenage … teenage pregnancy of two education CCTs implemented in Bogotá (Subsidio Educativo, SE, and Familias en Acción, FA); both …

heterogeneity. We argue that serfdom hampered peasants' demand for education whereas the successive emancipation triggered a demand …

Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …

In contexts such as education and sports, skill-accumulation of individuals over time crucially depends on the amount …

This contribution investigates the role of education in domestic terrorism for 133 countries between 1984 and 2007. The … findings point at a nontrivial effect of education on terrorism. Lower education (primary education) tends to promote terrorism … education (university education) reduces terrorism in a cluster of countries where conditions are more favorable. This suggests …

be led back to the intrinsic motivation of Protestants to read the bible and whether other education motives were … hypothesis. However, Protestants' education motives went beyond reading the bible. …

effect of education on emigration intentions. Our IV estimates indicate that an additional year of schooling increases the … effect of education on emigration intentions does not operate through financial dissatisfaction but rather through …