Marital Fertility and Investment in Children's Education

Francesco Cinnirella

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Abstract

This chapter reviews recent literature in economics and economic history on the relationship between parental investments in children’s education and fertility. It surveys studies on fertility patterns in pre-transition economies as well as economies undergoing the process of demographic transition. This chapter focuses on the empirical challenges related to the identification of causal effects. Finally, it provides novel descriptive evidence on the relationship between investments in early childhood education and fertility in 1864 Prussia.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCliometrics of the Family
EditorsClaude Diebolt, Auke Rijpma, Sarah Carmichael, Selin Dilli
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2019
Pages33-54
Chapter3
ISBN (Print)9783319994796
ISBN (Electronic)9783319994802
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
SeriesStudies in Economic History
ISSN2364-1797

Keywords

  • Education
  • Fertility
  • Kindergarten
  • Preschool education
  • Quantity–quality trade-off

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