policies subsidizing education. This legitimacy lies in the fact that education is a source of positive externalities. In a … standard framework of endogenous fertility, the present paper shows that this result is still valid but that subsidizing … education also requires to tax births. Indeed, education subsidies decrease the net cost of children such that parents can …

fertility are almost similar; (2) childlessness exhibits a U-shaped relationship with education for both single and married; (3 …We develop a theory of marriage and fertility, distinguishing the choice to have children from the choice of the number …) the relationship between marriage rates and education is hump-shaped. We show how family patterns have been shaped by the …

This paper contributes to the study of the relationship between religion and fertility. More speci cally, I investigate … the impact of being Catholic on fertility in France. Fertility is measured either by the number of children ever born or … by completed fertility. I show that women who are strong practicers have signi cantly more children than other women …

educational choices. Individuals decide whether to invest in additional education according to their expectations regarding future …. Then, we analyse the long-term implications of a public policy that would favour education and make it possible to select …

the probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more …

The purpose is to provide some empirical evidence for promoting new insights into the economics of education … impact on fixed earnings and flexible pay of the traditional human capital theory variables (education and experience) on the …

probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more important. in …

primary education and 111 countries/areas in secondary education between 1965 and 2010 …

We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational … inequality persistency. It is firstly outlined that the critical increase in the population education level in all countries has … not come with lower inequality. The basic tools of education and intergenerational mobility modelling are subsequently …