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The Effect of a School-leaving Age Rise on the Prevalence of Teenage FertilityWe examine the intention to treat effect of an increase in the compulsory school-leaving (CSL) age in Hungary on the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in a regression discontinuity design. We find that the rise from age 16 to 18 decreased the probability of first birth-giving by 7 percentage points among Roma women. This is a relatively large effect; however, it vanishes by age 20. We support our findings by several robustness checks. We discuss the potential problems with our empirical design and point out the further directions of this research. | |
| Project details | This research was supported by Grant No. 112792 of the National Scientific Research Programme (OTKA). |
| Client | National Research, Development and Innovation Office http://nkfih.gov.hu/ |
| Project leader | Anna Adamecz-Völgyi |
| Duration | 01/09/2014 - 31/12/2015 |