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 study analyzes the effect of education on the number of children, childlessness, and the timing of births. We use …. In contrast to studies for other developed countries, we find a significant negative effect of education on fertility … addition, education reduces the probability of first motherhood among women in their early 30s. We attribute these findings to …

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 …