The economic effects of free contraceptive distribution: evidence from Argentina’s ENIA plan on the marriage market

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dc.contributor.MentorTommasi, Mariano
dc.contributor.MentorRoig, Nicolás Agustín
dc.creator.AutorPodestá, Rosario
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-07T12:36:57Z
dc.date.available2025-05-07T12:36:57Z
dc.date.issued2025-01
dc.descriptionFil: Podestá, Rosario. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the economic effects of free long-acting contraceptive access on key socioeconomic variables, including marriage, education and labor market outcomes, using Argentina’s Plan Nacional de Prevenci´on del Embarazo No Intencional en la Adolescencia (ENIA) family planning program. The program involved the distribution of long-acting free contraceptives and the enhancement of sexual health services for adolescents. Implementation was targeted at counties with higher adolescent pregnancy rates. Using a difference-in-difference and event study approach, I find that access to free contraceptives led to an increase in marriage rates. The results support the parallel trends assumption and remain robust in an event study design and a placebo test. Additionally, a heterogeneity analysis reveals that the effects vary based on the lethality rate of COVID-19 across provinces. These findings highlight the relationship between reproductive health policies and economic outcomes, offering valuable insights for gender equality and development initiatives.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/25058
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleThe economic effects of free contraceptive distribution: evidence from Argentina’s ENIA plan on the marriage market
dc.typeTesis
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.typeinfo:ar-repo/semantics/tesis de maestría
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