Understanding the relationship between women’s education and fertility decline: Evidence from Colombia
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Keywords
fertility; education; Colombia; census data; fecundidad; educación; Colombia; datos censales;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean
- O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation
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- NEP-HIS-2024-08-26 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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