On the doorstep of adulthood: Entrepreneurship and fertility of young women in Tanzania
报告一项大规模随机对照试验，评估经济赋权与生殖健康干预对坦桑尼亚中学毕业年轻女性创业和生育的影响，发现两者均增加了早期怀孕。
Abstract We report results from a large-scale randomized controlled trial aimed at empowering young women during the transition from secondary school. The trial includes four school-based arms: economic empowerment, reproductive health empowerment, their combination, and a control group. The analysis draws on a rich dataset combining survey and laboratory measures collected over more than five years. The economic program increased self-employment and income, while the reproductive health program strengthened self-control and increased committed relationships. Both interventions also increased early pregnancy, which we attribute to positive income and relationship effects in a context characterized by high fertility and self-employment.