The Fertility Effects of School Entry Decisions

Rebecca Kamb () and Marcus Tamm
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Rebecca Kamb: Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)

No 14902, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: School entry regulations lead to differences in the age when children start school. While previous literature estimated the effects of age at school entry for compliers with school entry regulations, we look at non-compliers, namely those who enter school one year before the official entry date. Based on an instrumental variable approach, the results show that early enrollment increases the number of children by 0.1, whereas we find no significant impact on rates of childlessness.

Keywords: fertility; early school enrollment; school starting age; motherhood; childlessness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2021-11
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Published - published in: Applied Economics Letters , 2023, 30 (8), 1145-1149

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