We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on …

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …

leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school … distribution of ability. Contrary to previous findings in the relevant literature, we find that additional education reduces wage … inequality below median income and increases it above median income. There is also evidence in our data that education and …

that increase educational attainment reduce early fertility? This paper investigates whether increasing mandatory … legislation aimed at improving educational outcomes may have spillover effects onto the fertility decisions of teenagers. …

the causal effect of family size on completed educational attainment, fertility, and earnings. For the purposes of this …

population and whether various deciles of the education distribution have been differentially affected. We constructed a dataset …

education on son's outcomes. We use data from the Swedish enlistment register on the entire population of males and focus on … and positive effects of maternal education on sons' skills and health status. Although the reform had equally strong … effects on father's education as on mother's education, we find little evidence that paternal education improves son …

We analyze the fertility and health effects resulting from the abolition of the Austrian baby bonus in January 1997 …