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The educational gradient of nonmarital childbearing in Europe : emergence of a pattern of disadvantage?
Perelli-Harris, Brienna; Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935736
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Economic uncertainty, parental selection, and children's educational outcomes
Chevalier, Arnaud; Marie, Olivier - 2015
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513403
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The effect of a sibling's gender on earnings, education and family formation
Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Webbink, Herman Dinand - 2015
We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the very existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283095
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Education and labor market activity of women : an age-group specific empirical analysis
Münch, Claudia; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009
We analyze the determinants of female labor market participation for different age-groups in the European Union. We show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education increases participation only up to an age of 40 while after...
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An empirical investigation of peer effects on fertility preferences
Mishra, Ankita; Parasnis, Jaai - 2014
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The impact of early childbearing on schooling and cognitive skills among young women in Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Female secondary school attendance has recently increased in Sub-Saharan Africa and so has the risk of becoming pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women's human capital. We instrument early pregnancy with the young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346608
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A reversal in the relationship of human development with fertility?
Harttgen, Kenneth; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012 - First version: May 2012, This Version: June 2012
For more than a hundred years, advances in development were associated with decreasing fertility rates. This led to … total fertility rates far below replacement level in most developed countries. However, during the last decade fertility … human development index (HDI) with the total fertility rate (TFR) reverses from negative (increases in HDI are associated …
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Skill composition, fertility and economic growth
Day, Creina - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009788856
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Schooling, marriage and age of first birth in Madagascar
Glick, Peter; Handy, Christopher; Sahn, David E. - 2015
- both own education and that of parents - in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472518
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Does timing of health and family planning services matter? : age at first birth and educational attainment in Indonesia
Strupat, Christoph - 2014
This paper examines empirically whether midwifes, as an integral part of the health and family planning programs in Indonesia, are effective in advising young women to delay their first birth and also influence the decision on post-primary school attendance. Using the Indonesian Family Life...
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