Fertility postponement is largely due to rising educational enrolment

Population Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-327

  Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire ^a   Beaujouan, Éva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggregate change; compulsory school leaving age; delayed childbearing; educational enrolment; educational expansion; fertility postponement; fertility tempo; fertility trends; post compulsory education

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; MACROECONOMICS;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867564258     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2012.697569     Document Type: Article

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