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Effect of official development assistance on adolescent fertility rate: within-country evidence

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  • Miao Wang

    (Economics Department, College of Business Administration, Marquette University)

  • Hong Zhuang

    (Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics, Indiana University South Bend)

Abstract

We examine the effect of official development assistance (ODA) on adolescent fertility rates in low- and middle-income countries. Using data on adolescent fertility rates of five asset quintiles within each country from 42 countries, we find that foreign aid helps lower the teenage fertility rate for girls from the upper asset quintiles but not for girls from the poorest asset quintile. In addition, the teen-birth-rate reduction effect of aid is observed in recipient countries with above-average institutional quality measured by corruption, democracy accountability, and bureaucracy quality while not significant in countries with below-average institutional quality.

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  • Miao Wang & Hong Zhuang, 2022. "Effect of official development assistance on adolescent fertility rate: within-country evidence," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(2), pages 566-590.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-21-00017
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    Keywords

    official development assistance; adolescent fertility; asset quintiles;
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    JEL classification:

    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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