; education ; fertility ; children ; instrumental variables ; compulsory schooling laws …

Despite the bulk of international migrants being youth, little is known about the factors driving young people … youth to migrate abroad as well as the probability that they turn this aspiration into a more concrete plan over the … and employed youth. Results also show that material deprivation may represent a significant push factor behind youth …

It is well known that highly "female" fields of study in tertiary education are characterized by higher fertility …-in-differences research design, to show that the share of women on study peer groups affects early fertility levels only little. Early … fertility by endogamous couples, i.e., by tertiary graduates from the same field of study, declines for women and increases for …

Young adults are the most hit by the current economic crisis. This can be observed in high youth unemployment rates in … countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in …

increase in fertility. …