Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/270554 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CINCH Series No. 2015/09
Publisher: 
University of Duisburg-Essen, CINCH - Health Economics Research Center, Essen
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effect of womens higher education on fertility outcomes in Ethiopia. We exploit an abrupt increase in the supply of tertiary education induced by a liberalisation policy. Using an age discontinuity in the exposure to higher education reform, we find that education lowers fertility by 8 and increases the likelihood of never giving birth by 25. We explore the role of potential underlying mechanisms and find that this negative effect on fertility is channelled through positive assortative mating and the postponement of marriage and motherhood.
Subjects: 
Fertility
Higher Education
Assortative Matching
Marriage
Policy Evaluation
JEL: 
O12
I23
I25
I38
J12
J13
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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