earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

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 … particularly high opportunity costs of child-rearing in Germany. -- fertility ; education ; childlessness ; timing of births …

. In contrast to studies for other developed countries, we find a significant negative effect of education on fertility … the particularly high opportunity costs of child-rearing in Germany. -- fertility ; education ; timing of births …This study analyzes the effect of education on the number of children, childlessness, and the timing of births.We use …

period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …