Testa, Maria Rita (2017) Will highly educated women have more children in the future? Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 15. pp. 33-40. ISSN 1728-5305
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Abstract
"Will highly educated women have more children in the future?" In this contribution, I address this question by looking at both fertility and fertility intentions; i.e., the number of children people plan to have over their reproductive lives. Intended births are highly correlated with actual births, and in low-fertility settings, childbearing has become associated with the couple's agency. On the other hand, education, which is a marker of income and social status, has remained an important driver of fertility choices. Hence, understanding the reproductive decision-making of women and men with low, medium, and high levels of education is crucial when seeking to determine whether - and if so, to what extent - there is scope for additional policy interventions aimed at raising fertility levels.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Education, fertility, reproductive decision-making |
Divisions: | Departments > Sozioökonomie > Sozialpolitik > Demographie > Wittgenstein Centre |
Version of the Document: | Published |
Variance from Published Version: | None |
Depositing User: | Maria Rita Testa |
Date Deposited: | 14 May 2018 14:32 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2019 22:33 |
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FIDES Link: | https://bach.wu.ac.at/d/research/results/86110/ |
URI: | https://epub.wu.ac.at/id/eprint/6314 |
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