Education and second birth rates in Denmark 1981-1994

Mette Gerster, Niels Keiding, Lisbeth B. Knudsen and Katrine Strandberg-Larsen
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Mette Gerster: University of Copenhagen
Niels Keiding: University of Copenhagen
Lisbeth B. Knudsen: Aalborg University
Katrine Strandberg-Larsen: University of Southern Denmark, Odense

Demographic Research, 2007, vol. 17, issue 8, pages 181-210

Abstract: A high educational attainment is shown to have a positive effect on second birth rates for Danish one-child mothers during the period 1981-94. We examine whether a time-squeeze is a possible explanation: due to the longer enrolment in the educational system, highly educated women have less time at their disposal in order to get the desired number of children. Also, we examine to what extent the partner's education can explain some of the positive effect. We find no evidence that the positive effect of education is due to either a time-squeeze nor to a partner effect.

Keywords: birth rate; Denmark; education; fertility; partner effect; time-squeeze (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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