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Does parental education affect fertility? Evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia

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Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco  and Woessmann, Ludger  (2011) Does parental education affect fertility? Evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2011 (Number 41).

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Abstract

While  women’s  employment  opportunities,  relative  wages,  and  the child quantity‐quality trade‐off have been studied as factors underlying 
historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education 
has received little attention.  We  combine  Prussian  county  data  from  three censuses—1816,  1849,  and  1867—to  estimate  the relationship between women’s education and their 
fertility before the demographic transition.  Despite  controlling  for  several  demand  and  supply  factors, 
we  find  a  negative  residual  effect  of  women’s  education  on  fertility. 
Instrumental‐variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women's 
education  driven  by  differences in  landownership  inequality,  suggest 
that the effect of women’s education on fertility is causal.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women -- Education -- Prussia , Fertility -- Prussia, Parents -- Prussia
Series Name: CAGE Online Working Paper Series
Publisher: Department of Economics, University of Warwick
Place of Publication: Coventry, UK
Official Date: 4 April 2011
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4 April 2011Published
Volume: Volume 2011
Number: Number 41
Number of Pages: 37
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Germany. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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