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 … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two …

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 … exogenous variation from a German compulsory schooling reform to deal with the endogeneity of education. By using data from two …

height to a statistically significant degree. A variety of estimation methods, tests and specifications yield robust results … that permit one to answer this question in the affirmative. Hausman-Taylor panel estimates, however, reveal that height … abilities appear simultaneously. Height is a good proxy for these influences if they are not observable. Not only one factor but …

height to a statistically significant degree. A variety of estimation methods, tests and specifications yield robust results … that permit one to answer this question in the affirmative. Hausman-Taylor panel estimates, however, reveal that height … abilities appear simultaneously. Height is a good proxy for these influences if they are not observable. Not only one factor but …