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Heterogeneous Effects of Women’s Schooling on Fertility, Literacy and Work: Evidence from Burundi’s Free Primary Education Policy

Abstract

Abstract
This article investigates the effect of women’s schooling on fertility as well as on associated mechanisms by leveraging Burundi’s free primary education policy (FPE) of 2005 as a natural experiment.

Description

Description
Associated working paper: 2020_EduFer_working_paper.pdf;
Associated appendix: 20230509_EduFer_appendix.pdf;
Associated replication script: 20230509_EduFer_script.R;
Associated replication dataset: 20230509_EduFer_DHS_Figs_data.csv;
Associated replication dataset: 20230509_EduFer_MICS_DHS_Figs_data.csv;
Associated replication dataset: 20230509_EduFer_DHS_Regs_data.csv;
Associated presentation: 20230509_EduFer_presentation.pdf
25 pages

Subjects

Subject
Child care
Children
Fertility
Income distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa
Youth
Education
Family planning
Migration
Economic development
Female Education
Human Development
Education Policy
Educational Influence
Child Development
Human Resources

People & roles

Author
Wild, Frederik
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Is Part Of
University of Bayreuth
Stadelmann, David
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Is Part Of
University of Bayreuth
Center for Research in Economics, Management, and the Arts, Zurich, Switzerland (CREMA)

Origins & context

Title
Heterogeneous Effects of Women’s Schooling on Fertility, Literacy and Work: Evidence from Burundi’s Free Primary Education Policy
Type
Text
Language
English
Parent project
Multiplicity in Decision-Making of Africa's Interacting Markets: The Functioning of Community Law, the Role of Market Participants and the Power of Regional Judges (MuDAIMa)
is funded by
EXC2052/1 Africa Multiple, DFG Project number 390713894
Place of Origin
Bayreuth
Current Location
Faculty of Law, Business & Economics, University of Bayreuth
Created Date
May 9, 2023

Rights & access

Access Rights
No Raw Data
Format
article
Digital
born digital
PDF
Extent
972 kilobytes

Identifiers & sources

DRE ID
acn-99-0010
Identifier
20230509_EduFer_article
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Type
Locally defined identifier
doi
10.1093/jae/ejad002
has URL
https://academic.oup.com/jae/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jae/ejad002/7152895?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Bibliographic Citation
Wild, F., & Stadelmann, D. (2023). Heterogeneous Effects of Women's Schooling on Fertility, Literacy and Work: Evidence from Burundi's Free Primary Education Policy. Journal of African Economies, ejad002. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejad002

Further details

WissKI URL
58445

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