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“The impact of the female advantage in education on the family”

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  • Ana Rodríguez-González

    (AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona)

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Men’s historical advantage in educational attainment has recently been reversed in many countries. I study the implications for family formation of the new female advantage in education in the marriage market, exploiting a Finnish school reform that increased women’s relative level of education. I analyze the reduced-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and family outcomes. I find decreases in marriage and fertility in marriage markets with a larger female educational advantage. These results are mostly driven by the increasing mismatch between the educational distributions of men and women, and might have negative consequences for low-educated men’s mental health.

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  • Ana Rodríguez-González, 2024. "“The impact of the female advantage in education on the family”," AQR Working Papers 202407, University of Barcelona, Regional Quantitative Analysis Group, revised Dec 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:aqr:wpaper:202407
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    Keywords

    JEL classification: J12; J13; J16; I10;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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