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The long-term consequences of family planning in old age : evidence from China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" campaign
Chen, Yi; Fang, Hanming - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177967
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095
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Fixed-term employment and fertility : evidence from German micro data
Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … as well as fertility behavior. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone first birth due to fixed-term employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417103
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More schooling, more children? : compulsory schooling and fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2014
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431274
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Fixed-term employment and fertility : evidence from German micro data
Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
We study the short-to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility outcomes … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434621
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Fixed-term employment and fertility : evidence from German micro data
Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461994
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The effect of female education on adolescent fertility and early marriage : evidence from free compulsory universal basic education in Ghana
Boahen, Emmanuel Adu; Yamauchi, Chikako - In: Journal of African economies 27 (2018) 2, pp. 227-248
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886301
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Partners' educational pairings, work divisions, and fertility : evidence from Germany
Nitsche, Natalie - 2017
The relationship between education and fertility among individuals systematically varies by the education of the … education-fertility nexus and on associations between men's involvement with domestic work and fertility, this study … investigates the role of gendered domestic work divisions for the educational pairing-fertility relationship in couples. Using data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779801
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Fixed-term employment and fertility : evidence from German micro data
Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 62 (2016) 4, pp. 595-623
We study the short- to medium-run effects on subsequent fertility of starting a career with a fixed-term contract. We … about their fertility. Our main results are the following. Women (i) tend to postpone first birth due to fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710954
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Actors in the child development process
Del Boca, Daniela; Flinn, Christopher J.; Verriest, Ewout; … - 2019
We construct and estimate a model of child development in which both the parents and children make investments in the child's skill development. In each period of the development process, partially altruistic parents act as the Stackelberg leader and the child the follower when setting her own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974430