Free Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market

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dc.creatorChicoine, Luke
dc.date2020-01-09T18:01:12Z
dc.date2020-01-09T18:01:12Z
dc.date2020-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:39:50Z
dc.descriptionThis article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by the reform is identified using both geographic variation in the intensity of its impact and temporal variation generated by the timing of the implementation. The model finds that the removal of school fees led to an increase in schooling for Ethiopian women and that each additional year of schooling led to a reduction in fertility. An investigation of the underlying mechanisms linking schooling and fertility finds that the decline in fertility is associated with an increase in labor market opportunity and a reduction in women's ideal number of children.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/463371578408927261/Free-Primary-Education-Fertility-and-Womens-Access-to-the-Labor-Market-Evidence-from-Ethiopia
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33154
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-9105
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/408625
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9105
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.titleFree Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market
dc.titleEvidence from Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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