We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education … childlessness. The results for England point in the opposite direction. Moreover, for the Continent we find that education during …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education … childlessness. The results for England point in the opposite direction. Moreover, for the Continent we find that education during …

This paper uses age-at-school-entry policies to identify the effect of female education on fertility and infant health …. We focus on sharp contrasts in schooling, fertility, and infant health between women born just before and after the … school entry date. School entry policies affect female education and the quality of a woman's mate and have generally small …