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A high educational attainment is shown to have a positive effect on second birth rates for Danish one-child mothers during the period 1981-94. We examine whether a time-squeeze is a possible explanation: due to the longer enrolment in the educational system, highly educated women have less time at their disposal in order to get the desired number of children. Also, we examine to what extent the partner's education can explain some of the positive effect. We find no evidence that the positive effect of education is due to either a time-squeeze nor to a partner effect. Author's affiliation
Mette Gerster
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Keiding
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Lisbeth B. Knudsen
Aalborg University, Denmark
Katrine Strandberg-Larsen
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Keywords
birth rate, Denmark, education, fertility, partner effect, time-squeeze Word count (Main text)
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