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