Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine … Prussian county data from three censuses--1816, 1849, and 1867--to estimate the relationship between women’s education and … negative residual effect of women’s education on fertility. Instrumental-variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women …