The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Reform

Is Education Always Reducing Fertility? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

“…Monstad et al . () studied completed fertility and timing of births in Norway, Fort () investigated Italy, Braakmann () and Geruso and Royer () looked at the United Kingdom and Cygan‐Rehm and Maeder () examined Germany. Monstad et al .…”

The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina

“…There is evidence that education plays a significant role in fertility decision-making processes among teenagers (Duflo et al 2015;Black et al 2008;Baird et al 2011;Cortés et al 2010Cortés et al , 2016Berthelon and Kruger 2011;Silles 2011;Cygan-Rehm and Maeder 2013;and Novella and Ripani 2016). This research contributes to the literature for the case of Argentina, where investing in education may be a powerful tool to reduce teenage fertility.…”

“…Following Black et al (2008), Silles (2011), Cygan-Rehm andMaeder (2013), and Alzúa et al (2016), we use an education reform that extended the number of years of compulsory schooling in Argentina (Ley Federal de Educación) as an instrument for education. Our identification strategy takes advantage of an exogenous variation in education generated from the staggered implementation of the reform, which was driven by political reasons uncorrelated with fertility trends.…”

“…As mentioned above, we use the 1993 education reform that extended the number of mandatory years of schooling in Argentina (Ley Federal de Educación, LFE) as an instrument for schooling (following Black et al 2008;Silles 2011;Cygan-Rehm and Maeder 2013;and Alzúa et al 2016). In that sense, the LFE affects the decision to remain and move through the educational system but it should affect fertility decisions only through the educational channel.…”

Family systems and fertility : fertility behaviour in Europe from a network perspective

“…However, the extent to which respondents intend to have children seems to be influenced by respondents' age. Especially younger respondents aged 25 and below are likely to postpone their fertility, because they are still in education (Jackson and Berkowitz 2005: 57-59, 75;Cygan-Rehm and Maeder 2013). In this context, they are more likely to intend a childbirth later than within the next three years.…”