The impact of the female advantage in education on the family

Ana Rodríguez-González

No 202420, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

Abstract: Men’s historical advantage in educational attainment has recently been reversed in many countries. I study the implications for family formation of the new female advantage in education in the marriage market, exploiting a Finnish school reform that increased women’s relative level of education. I analyze the reduced-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and family outcomes. I find decreases in marriage and fertility in marriage markets with a larger female educational advantage. These results are mostly driven by the increasing mismatch between the educational distributions of men and women, and might have negative consequences for low-educated men’s mental health.

Keywords: JEL classification: J12; J13; J16; I10. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2024-12, Revised 2024-12
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