The Effect of Tertiary Education Expansion on Fertility: A Note on Identification
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Keywords
college expansion; marriage market; fertility; Taiwan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2021-09-13 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2021-09-13 (Education)
- NEP-ISF-2021-09-13 (Islamic Finance)
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