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A theoretical analysis of the effects of legislation on marriage, fertility, domestic division of labour, and the education of children

Cigno, Alessandro - 2007

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two … fertility and female labour market participation, negative until the mid-1970s, has turned positive where developed, but not …

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A Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Legislation on Marriage, Fertility, Domestic Division of Labour, and the Education of Children

Cigno, Alessandro - 2021

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Malthus in the bedroom: Birth spacing as a preventive check mechanism in pre-modern England

Cinnirella, Francesco; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Weisdorf, Jacob L. - 2012

We question the received wisdom that birth limitation was absent among historical populations before the fertility …-run effect of living standards on birth spacing in the three centuries preceding England's fertility transition. While the effect …

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Fertility and Modernity

Spolaore, Enrico - 2019

We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset … of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of … new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to the rest of Europe. We observe that societies with higher education …

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Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals : evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland

Savelieva, Kateryna; Nitsche, Natalie; Berg, Venla; … - 2021

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Educational differences in fertility among female same-sex couples

Ponkilainen, Maria; Einiö, Elina; Pietiläinen, Marjut; … - 2022

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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe

Boca, Daniela Del; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022

The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...

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Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training: A theoretical model with evidence from Europe

Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio - 2010

We study the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theoretical model indicates that there are two contrasting effects of deregulation on training. With a given number of firms, deregulation reduces the size of rents per unit of output that firms can reap by training their...

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Great expectations: The determinants of female university enrolment in Europe

Casarico, Alessandra; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara - 2011

We empirically investigate the determinants of the female decision of investing in post-secondary education, focusing on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two-period model to analyze the female decision of investing in...

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Fertility postponement could reduce child mortality: evidence from 228 demographic and health surveys covering 77 developing countries

Myrskylä, Mikko; Barclay, Kieron - 2017

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