partner’s education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero observations …In this paper we analyse the correlation between the level of education and the number of children in Italy. We select … analysis. First, we estimate the correlation between the female’s education and her number of children, and then we use also …

This paper estimates the impact of schooling on the timing of marriage and early fertility using the 2003 Turkish … compulsory schooling –, the proportion of women who are married drops from 15.2 to 10 percent and the proportion of women who … schooling on marriage and early fertility persists beyond the completion of compulsory schooling for an important duration. In …

We develop an overlapping generation model to examine how the relationship between status concerns, fertility and … education affect growth performances. Results are threefold. First, we show that stronger status motives heighten the desire of … facts about fertility during the "great transition". …

education; Pakistan and Bangladesh have the lowest economic participation rates and highest fertility rates; India has the …This paper uses multivariate regression analysis to explore the time and birth cohort trends of women’s empowerment in … eight countries of South Asia and South East Asia. The measures of women’s empowerment are: economic participation …

In this paper we have investigated the impact of the level of education on the number of children in Italy. We have … an Instrumental Variable Poisson, where grandparents’ education is exerted as an instrument of parents’ education. In … particular, we have considered two stages for each model: in the first stage, we have estimated the impact of female’s education …

education among Muslim women. A total of 189 respondents were interviewed from selected kampongs in the district of Papar, Sabah …Malaysian women have continued to play an increasingly important role in the national development of the country … of females having access to education. Education provides better work opportunities and thus increases the level of …

This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale … and scope of the pandemic and its anticipated impact on education systems in heavily infected sub-Saharan African … (SADC) region. The paper concludes by suggesting how the education sector can improve its management response to the …

education among Muslim women. A total of 189 respondents were interviewed from selected kampongs in the district of Papar, Sabah …Malaysian women have continued to play an increasingly important role in the national development of the country … of females having access to education. Education provides better work opportunities and thus increases the level of …

Twin births are often used as an instrument for fertility in models investigating the impact of family size on labour … market and child outcomes. However, a large share of twin births (24% in our sample) are the result of fertility treatments … show that (a) mothers with and without fertility treatment are different, (b) twin births are still random after …