Does female schooling reduce fertility?: Evidence from Nigeria
The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern, policymakers have advocated educating girls and young women as a means to reduce population growth and foster sustained economic and social welfare in developing countries. This pa...
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| Summary: | The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern, policymakers have advocated educating girls and young women as a means to reduce population growth and foster sustained economic and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region and age, the paper uses differences-in-differences and instrumental variables to estimate the role of education in fertility. The analysis suggests that increasing education by one year reduces fertility by 0.26 births. |
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| spelling | Osili, Una Okonkwo Verfasser (DE-588)133350169 aut Does female schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria Una Okonkwo Osili ; Bridget Terry Long Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007 39 S. graph. Darst., Kt. 22 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Working paper series / National Bureau of Economic Research 13070 The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern, policymakers have advocated educating girls and young women as a means to reduce population growth and foster sustained economic and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region and age, the paper uses differences-in-differences and instrumental variables to estimate the role of education in fertility. The analysis suggests that increasing education by one year reduces fertility by 0.26 births. Terry, Bridget 1973- Verfasser (DE-588)129261157 aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.> NBER working paper series 13070 (DE-604)BV002801238 13070 http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13070.pdf kostenfrei Volltext |
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