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Table 9 The effect of enrollment rates on teenage fertility rates (‘incapacitation’ effect). 2SLS estimates—second stage (Eq. 1)

From: The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

PANEL A—IV (identified)

 Enrollment rate

−2.904 ** (1.181)

−2.600 *** (1.001)

−2.743 ** (1.094)

−2.450 *** (0.921)

PANEL B—IV (over-identified)

 Enrollment rate

−3.318 *** (1.18)

−2.934 *** (1.006)

−3.125 *** (1.1)

−2.780 *** (0.936)

 Sargan-Hansen (p value)

0.591

0.664

0.554

0.599

 Covariatesa

No

No

Yes

Yes

 Obs

1718

1718

1718

1718

  1. Robust standard errors clustered at the birth-cohort/province level in parentheses. All regressions include year and birth-cohort/province fixed effects. In columns (1) and (3) the instrumented explanatory variable is enrollment rate; in columns (2) and (4) the instrumented explanatory variable is female enrollment rate. Source: own calculations
  2. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
  3. aOther covariates included are: economic activity, unemployment, public expenditure on education and health, and Plan Nacer beneficiaries