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References for Female education and its impact on fertility
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Further reading
- Doepke, M., Hannusch, A., Kindermann, F., Tertilt, M. "The economics of fertility: A new era" In: Lundberg, S., Voena, A. (eds). Handbook of the Economics of the Family, Volume 1. North Holland: Elsevier, 2023.
- Schultz, T. P. "Population policies, fertility, women's human capital, and child quality" In: Schultz, T. P., Strauss, J. (eds). Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007.
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Key references
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Barro, R., Lee, J. W. "A new data set
of educational attainment in the world, 1950−2010" Journal of
Development Economics 104 (2013): 184–198. Key reference: [1]
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Currie, J., Moretti, E. "Mother's
education and the intergenerational transmission of human
capital: Evidence from college openings" Quarterly
Journal of Economics 118:4 (2003): 1495–1532. Key reference: [2]
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McCrary, J., Royer, H. "The effect of
female education on fertility and infant health: Evidence from
school entry policies using exact date of birth" American
Economic Review 101:1 (2011): 158–195. Key reference: [3]
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Monstad, K., Propper, C., Salvanes, K. G. "Education and
fertility: Evidence from a natural experiment" The
Scandinavian Journal of Economics 110:4 (2008): 827–852. Key reference: [4]
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Lavy, V., Zablotsky, A. Mother's
Schooling and Fertility Under Low Female Labor Force
Participation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment NBER Working
Paper No.16856, 2011. Key reference: [5]
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Osili, U. O., Long, B. T. "Does female
schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria" Journal of
Development Economics 87:1 (2008): 57–75. Key reference: [6]
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Chou, S. -Y., Liu, J. -T., Grossman, M., Joyce, T. "Parental
education and child health: Evidence from a natural experiment
in Taiwan" American
Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2:1 (2010): 33–61. Key reference: [7]
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Appleton, S. "How does female
education affect fertility? A structural model for the Côte
D’Ivoire" Oxford Bulletin
of Economics and Statistics 58:1 (1996): 139–166. Key reference: [8]
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Behrman, J. R., Foster, A. D., Rosenzweig, M. R., Vashishtha, P. "Women's
schooling, home teaching, and economic growth" Journal of
Political Economy 107:4 (1999): 682–714. Key reference: [9]
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Hazan, M., Zoabi, H. "Do highly
educated women choose smaller families?" Economic
Journal 125:587 (2015): 1191–1226. Key reference: [10]
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Kim, J. "Women's
education and fertility: An analysis of the relationship between
education and birth spacing in Indonesia" Economic
Development and Cultural Change 58:4 (2010): 739–774. Key reference: [11]
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Pop-Eleches, C. "The supply of
birth control methods, education, and fertility" Journal of
Human Resources 45:4 (2010): 971–997. Key reference: [12]
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Chicoine, L. Education and
Fertility: Evidence from a Policy Change in Kenya IZA Discussion
Paper No.6778, 2012. Key reference: [13]
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Buckles, K., Guldi, M. E., Schmidt, L. Fertility
Trends in the United States, 1980-2017: The Role of Unintended
Births NBER Working
Paper No.25521, 2019. Key reference: [14]
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Barro, R., Lee, J. W. "A new data set
of educational attainment in the world, 1950−2010" Journal of
Development Economics 104 (2013): 184–198.
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Additional References
- Easterlin, R. A., Crimmins, E. M. The Fertility Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- Trussell, J., Vaughan, B. "Contraceptive failure, method-related discontinuation and resumption of use: Results from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth" Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 31:2 (1999): 64–72.