scholarly journals The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin McCrary ◽  
Heather Royer
Keyword(s):  
Infant Health ◽  
School Entry ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Exact Date

scholarly journals The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin McCrary ◽  
Heather Royer
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
School Entry ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Exact Date ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Before And After

This paper uses age-at-school-entry policies to identify the effect of female education on fertility and infant health. We focus on sharp contrasts in schooling, fertility, and infant health between women born just before and after the school entry date. School entry policies affect female education and the quality of a woman's mate and have generally small, but possibly heterogeneous, effects on fertility and infant health. We argue that school entry policies manipulate primarily the education of young women at risk of dropping out of school. (JEL I12, I21, J13, J16)

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