Now this is one of the most bizarre academic studies I have seen, but I suppose you can draw some kind of public policy commentary from this!
So basically, if you are having sex and if you are female, there is no problems with your academic achievements. But if you are a virgin and are a male, then you will have better grades.
D'OH!
OSEPH J. SABIA (2007)
READING, WRITING, AND SEX: THE EFFECT OF LOSING VIRGINITY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Economic Inquiry 45 (4), 647–670.Controlling for a wide set of individual- and family-level observables available in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates show that sexually active adolescents have grade point averages that are approximately 0.2 points lower than virgins. However, when information on the timing of intercourse decisions is exploited and individual fixed effects are included, the negative effect of sexual intercourse disappears for females, but persists for males. Taken together, the results of this study suggest that while there may be adverse academic spillovers from engaging in intercourse for some adolescents, previous studies’ estimates are overstated due to unmeasured heterogeneity. (JEL I10, I21, I18)
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