Joint determinants of education enrolment and first birth timing in France and West Germany


Autoria(s): Baizán, Pau; Martín García, Teresa
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials

Data(s)

01/03/2006

Resumo

We examined the reciprocal influence between educational decisions and the timing of first births, using the Family and Fertility Surveys of France and West Germany. Since these two processes are potentially endogenous, we modelled them jointly, using event history models. We hypothesise that the reciprocal impact of educational and fertility careers, as well as the impact of the common determinants of both processes, are gender specific and context specific.The results show a significant endogeneity for women and men in both countries. This endogeneity is stronger for women than for men, while no substantial differences are found between the two countries. Removing this shared and unobserved heterogeneity, the results show a stronger reciprocal impact between the processes for women than for men. A similar impact of being enrolled in education on first birth in both countries is found, while the effect of the birth (and especially of the pregnancy) of the first child on terminating one’s education appeared to be more marked in West Gernany than in France.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/2047

http://hdl.handle.net/10230/278

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #Educació -- Europa #Fecunditat humana -- Europa
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper