creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that …

capital measures are virtually unrelated to fertility, but this again masks the role of family background factors: more … remove family background factors. Hence, for both men and women, human capital and fertility become more positively … fertility, an association which instead is muted within families. We end by showing that these results can be reconciled in a …

While high fertility persists in the poorest countries and fertility declines with per capita income in developing … countries, fertility and per capita income are now positively associated across most developed countries. This paper presents a … model where a Ushaped relationship between overall fertility and per capita income reflects within country differences in …

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of English language skills on education, health and fertility outcomes of … degrees, but do not affect child health and self-reported adult health. The impact of language on fertility outcomes is also … becoming a teenage mother, and decrease fertility. …

education. Furthermore, the results seem to be consistent with the technology of skill formation. They indicate a concave …

From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …