HOW DOES FEMALE EDUCATION AFFECT FERTLITY? A STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR THE CÔTE D'IVOIRE
为科特迪瓦构建了一个结构模型，发现女性教育通过推迟同居年龄和缩短哺乳期影响生育率，其中同居年龄的推迟起主导作用，尤其对年轻女性影响更大。
A structural model relating fertility to its proximate is estimated for the Côte d'Ivoire. The assumption of exogeneity of the proximate determinants is rejected and shown to understate their influence. The model allows identification of the means through which female education affects fertility. Secondary schooling is found to have particularly strong effects, raising the age of cohabitation and reducing the duration of breastfeeding. The two transmission mechanisms are offsetting since delayed cohabitation limits fertility whilst shortened breast‐feeding increases it for older women. However, the impact via age at cohabitation dominates, except amongst the older cohorts.