Education and Postponement of Maternity: Economic Analyses for Industrialized Countries (European Studies of Population)
Siv Gustafsson, Adriaan Kalwij
This book examines economic aspects of the role of women’s education in the postponement of maternity in ten industrialized countries or regions: Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Western Germany, the Czech Republic and Eastern Germany, and the United States. Each is investigated using survey data relating age at motherhood with the investment in education of the mother. The result is a detailed picture of the economics of fertility decisions.
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Year:
2006
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Springer
Language:
english
Pages:
338
ISBN 10:
1402047169
ISBN 13:
9781402047169
File:
PDF, 7.09 MB
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english, 2006