Monstad, Karin; Propper, Carol; Salvanes, Kjell G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
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 … selection into education. Our results indicate that increasing education leads to postponement of first births away from teenage …