教育和生育率:利用土耳其高等教育扩张的工具变量方法的证据
Badi H Baltagi1, Haci M Karatas2
1Department of Economics and Center for Policy Research, 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020, USA; CESifo, Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Global Labor Organization (GLO), Germany.
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|June 17, 2025
概括
土耳其女性的高等教育显著降低了生育率,增加了无子女率. 这种影响源于分娩延迟,职业改善,婚姻前景改善以及避孕药的使用增加.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
背景情况:
- 高等教育越来越被认为是影响人口趋势的重要因素.
- 了解女性教育与生育率之间的微妙关系对于人口研究至关重要.
- 土耳其为研究这些教育对生育行为的影响提供了一个独特的背景.
研究的目的:
- 研究高等教育对土耳其妇女生育决策的因果关系.
- 分析教育影响生育能力的机制,包括出生时间和避孕药的使用.
- 量化教育对孩子数量和无子女的可能性的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用1983年至2000年在土耳其的大学可用性变化来解决内源性问题.
- 采用计量经济学方法,确定教育成绩和生育结果之间的因果关系.
- 分析女性生育行为,劳动力市场参与和避孕措施的数据.
主要成果:
- 在土耳其,提高妇女教育水平显著降低了出生儿童的数量.
- 高等教育与在生殖期结束时无子女的可能性更高有关.
- 教育对生育能力的影响是通过延迟初胎,改善劳动力市场结果和增加现代避孕措施的使用来实现的.
结论:
- 妇女的高等教育是土耳其降低生育率的关键决定因素.
- 这些发现突出了教育对生育的多方面的影响,包括人力资本,劳动力市场和健康知识方面.
- 政策影响表明,促进女性教育可以影响土耳其的人口变化和计划生育.
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