There has been a lot of demographic research concerning the relationship between education and fertility. Most studies …, however, focus on the level of education and do not include the field of education. Our paper shows that the field of … education serves as a better indicator of a woman’s potential reproductive behavior than the level of education does. Our …

This paper develops and equilibrium search and matching model with informal sector employment opportunities and … improves welfare as it increases the incentives for education. However, too aggressive combating of the informal sector is not …