Higher education and fertility: Evidence from reforms in Greece |
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Institution: | 1. Stanford University, United States;2. Sao Paulo, Brazil;1. Harvard Graduate School of Education, 243 Gutman, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States;1. University of Warwick, United Kingdom;2. Hebrew University, Israel;3. NBER, United States;1. Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong;2. Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China |
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Abstract: | This paper examines the impact of higher education on women’s fertility decisions. To address the endogeneity of non-compulsory education participation, I focus on an increase in the supply of higher education and a concurrent schooling reform that jointly expanded higher education opportunities in Greece in year 2000. Drawing data from the 10% sample of the 2011 Population Census, I use the exogenous variation introduced by the first grade enrollment age cutoff to apply a Regression Discontinuity Design comparing educational attainment and fertility for women that were just, and just not exposed to the reforms. The probability of giving birth before age 30 decreases by around 20 percentage points for women who completed higher education because they were exposed to the reforms. Career outcomes for employed women with higher education improve, while fertility decreases at ages following graduation, suggesting that the result is primarily driven by the increasing opportunity cost of children. |
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