This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two …

children. Moreover I have found that this effect diminishes as education increases. The transmission of fertility norms …In this article, I examine the large Black / White fertility gap in the US. I question the "compositional argument … for education, other characteristics such as income, employment and marital status do not help to close the gap. I …

This paper investigates the effect of education on fertility under inflexible labor market conditions. We exploit … countries, we find that increased education causally reduces completed fertility. This negative effect operates through a … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two …

fertility is close to that of married mothers; (2) why childlessness exhibits a U-shaped relationship with education for both … from the 1990 US Census. The quantitative model allows us to measure voluntary and involuntary childlessness from the data … single and married women; and (3) why there is a hump-shaped relationship between marriage rates and education levels. We …

This study analyzes the effect of education on the number of children, childlessness, and the timing of births. We use …. In contrast to studies for other developed countries, we find a significant negative effect of education on fertility …. This negative effect seems to operate mainly through a postponement of first births away from the teenage years. In …

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 … involuntary childlessness, and explain why (1) single women are more often childless than married women but, when mothers, their …

Pakistan remains one of the region's poorest performers against MDG targets. Progress toward education, gender, and … to maternal care by residence and wealth quintiles. Moreover fertility reduction has been slow at 3.3 in 2012 and … Delivery Standard for quality services; and improving maternal and child nutrition. Fertility reduction has been slow at 3.3 in …

This study explored Pakistani (especially Punjabi) couples' dynamics during their decision processes on fertility … project were reanalyzed to assess the impact of FALAH male-directed interventions on fertility intentions and behavior. …

goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important … determinants of reproductive health. While fertility and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) are evenly distributed, wide gaps in … health; focusing interventions on high-fertility and high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) areas; addressing human resources …