Education and fertility

Evidence from a natural experiment

Declining fertility is often attributed to the increased education of women. It is difficult to establish a causal link because both fertility and education have changed secularly. In this paper we study the connection between fertility and education using educational reform as an instrument to cont...

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Volume:	110
Main Author:	Monstad, Karin Propper, Carol Salvanes, Kjell G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC Wiley Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	The Scandinavian journal of economics Vol. 110; no. 4; pp. 827 - 852
ORCID:	0000-0002-8257-431X
Data of publication:	2008
ISSN:	0347-0520 1467-9442 1467-9442
EISSN:	1467-9442
Discipline:	Economics Education
Bibliography:	We are grateful to seminar participants at the European Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Bergen, September 2007, the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and Health Economics Bergen, for valuable comments on an earlier version of this paper. We are also grateful for the very helpful comments of two anonymous referees.
Series:	Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Subjects:	Familienplanung Norwegen Experiment Bildungsniveau Birth control Female fertility Fertility rates Induced abortion Children Motherhood Womens education Educational reform Educational attainment Age groups I21 educational reform education Fertility J13 J24 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Education educational reform education MOTHERHOOD Fertility NORWAY I21 J13 J24 MATERNITY BIRTHS
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