Women's schooling and fertility under low female labor force participation: Evidence from mobility restrictions in Israel

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-121

  Lavy, Victor ^a,b,c   Zablotsky, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939961707     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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