The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region …

considers a country in Sub-Saharan Africa and finds that parental gender preferences do affect fertility behavior and shape … Nigeria, the paper shows that, compared to women with first-born sons, women with first-born daughters have (and desire) more …

The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region …

considers a country in Sub-Saharan Africa and finds that parental gender preferences do affect fertility behavior and shape … Nigeria, the paper shows that, compared to women with first-born sons, women with first-born daughters have (and desire) more …

The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region …