We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

performance is nonlinear. The evidence supports the idea that progressive education promotes social capital. …

percent for males and females, respectively. In addition, we find that the effect of education on crime persists across birth …

analyse the effect of an individual’s education level on the timing of first marriage. Controlling for other institutional … factors, cohort effect and social/ family background we find that the higher an individual’s education level, the older they … are when they first marry. We find that the effect of education is much stronger for females than for males. …

parents to their children’s education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from … they are not, and that the shares are decreasing with birth order. Controlling for parental education, parental age at … birth and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education, that there is …

parents to their children’s education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from … they are not, and that the shares are decreasing with birth order. Controlling for parental education, parental age at … birth and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education, that there is …

achievements are wasted as children fail to build upon their parents’ achievements. Policies affecting the education system and the …