Free Primary Education, Schooling, and Fertility: Evidence from Ethiopia
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Keywords
Ethiopia; free primary education; schooling; fertility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2016-12-11 (Africa)
- NEP-DEM-2016-12-11 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2016-12-11 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2016-12-11 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2016-12-11 (Labour Economics)
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