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Autor/inn/en | Osili, Una Okonkwo; Long, Bridget Terry |
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Institution | National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. |
Titel | Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria. NBER Working Paper No. 13070 |
Quelle | (2007)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Educational Attainment; Population Growth; Role of Education; Foreign Countries; Females; Womens Education; Well Being; Developing Nations; Birth Rate; Nigeria |
Abstract | 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. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |