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dc.contributor.authorSalvanes, Kjell Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorPropper, Carol
dc.contributor.authorMonstad, Karin
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-28T09:05:40Z
dc.date.available2008-08-28T09:05:40Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/163264
dc.description.abstractIn many developed countries a decline in fertility has occurred. This development has been attributed to greater education of women. However, establishing a causal link is difficult as both fertility and education have changed secularly. The contribution of this paper is to study the connection between fertility and education over a woman’s fertile period focusing on whether the relationship is causal. We study fertility in Norway and use an educational reform as an instrument to correct for selection into education. Our results indicate that increasing education leads to postponement of first births away from teenage motherhood towards having the first birth in their twenties and, for a smaller group, up to the age of 35-40. We do not find, however, evidence that total fertility falls as a result of greater education.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNorwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2008:6en
dc.titleEducation and fertility : evidence from a natural experimenten
dc.typeWorking paperen
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212en


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