Time Squeeze, Partner Effect or Self-Selection?

This paper investigates the role of women's education in the transition to the second child using data from the 1997 German micro-census. We begin our analysis with a simple model, which shows a positive effect of woman's education on the transition rate to the second child for West German...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2002-07-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol7/2/