Parental Education and Fertility: An Empirical Investigation Based on Evidence from Taiwan

被引：10

作者：

Chen, I-Chun ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Kumamoto Univ, Coll Cross Cultural & Multidisciplinary Studies, 2-39-1 Kurokami Chuo Ku, Kumamoto 8608555, Japan

来源：

JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES | 2016年 / 37卷 / 02期

关键词：

Fertility; Parental education; College enrollment; HEALTH EVIDENCE; WOMEN;

D O I：

10.1007/s10834-015-9448-1

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper investigated the size of the impact of parental education on fertility choice and whether this effect was larger for maternal education. This paper utilized the substantial expansion of educational opportunities in Taiwan and thus applied the two-stage least-square method to account for the endogeneity of educational attainment. The results showed that parental education was an important factor in reducing the fertility rate. In addition, maternal education was a stronger determinant than paternal education.

引用

页码：272 / 284

页数：13

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