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Beyond Nature and Nurture The Impact of China's Compulsory Schooling Law on Selection Against High-Risk Fetuses
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The impact of maternal education on child health has been well documented. Using the variations in exposure to China's Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL), we find that education induced a lower incidence of teenage pregnancy and a higher likelihood of induced abortion following prenatal checkups. A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that these channels could explain 45 percent of the birth defect decline induced by the CSL. The findings suggest that in countries where abortions are allowed, maternal education improves child health by decreasing pregnancy at an immature age and selection against abnormal or unhealthy fetuses.
Keywords:
CHILD HEALTH EVIDENCE
MATERNAL EDUCATION
DOWN-SYNDROME
MOTHERS EDUCATION
FERTILITY
MORTALITY
TRENDS
PREVALENCE
PREGNANCY
OUTCOMES
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