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 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 sheds light on the causal relationship between education and health outcomes. We combine three surveys …. We use variation in the timing of educational reforms across these countries as an instrument for education. Using IV …-probit models, we find causal evidence that more years of education lead to better health. One additional year of schooling is …

Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality – ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …