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by Tyler Cowen on June 24, 2009 at 3:50 pm in Economics | Permalink

A buck-a-day — that's the incentive being offered to young girls to keep them from getting pregnant.

But it's not as good as it sounds — you also have to attend a weekly meeting. Here is more information.

6 comments

Daniel Horowitz June 24, 2009 at 3:57 pm: Also discussed here, http://emergentfool.com/2009/06/09/paying-women-to-not-get-pregnant/
David Meese June 24, 2009 at 4:22 pm: Self Selection Bias on the reported results?
Granite26 June 24, 2009 at 4:39 pm: If a girl drops out or gets pregnant, her money is divided among the other girls still in the program.

How’s THAT for a perverse incentive?
babar June 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm: i hear a good strategy to reduce teen pregnancy is to introduce electricity to the region — have they tried this?
Matthew June 24, 2009 at 6:12 pm: Going with the theory presented in freakonomics on Roe v Wade and its lagged effect on crime, does this mean there will be less crime in 15-20 years? Obviously, things are slightly different, but it’s pretty close.
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