This paper studies effects of education policy on early fertility. We study a major educational reform in Sweden in … statistically significant effect on men's fertility decisions. Our results suggest that the social benefits of changes in education …

IEA Discussion Paper looks at the role of for-profit schools in Sweden and for the first time provides quantitative … to start up. The case of Sweden shows that increasing the supply of new schools to create sufficient competition in the … excluded by the coalition. In Sweden during 2008/2009 13% of schools were for-profit, while only 6% were non-profit schools. If …

Following the great expansion of secondary education in the United States between 1910 and 1940, Sweden was one of the …

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of … 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. …

provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …

We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was …

likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails … mothers. We find that access to full-day schools reduces the probability of becoming an adolescent mother among poor families …