eprintid: 1459902
rev_number: 25
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datestamp: 2015-01-04 22:13:06
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creators_name: Zanin, L
creators_name: Radice, R
creators_name: Marra, G
title: Modelling the impact of women's education on fertility in Malawi
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F61
keywords: Education, Endogeneity, Number of children, Instrumental variable, Inverted U-shape, Two-stage generalized additive model
note: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-013-0502-8
abstract: Many studies have suggested that there is an inverse relationship between education and number of children among women from sub-Saharan Africa countries, including Malawi. However, a crucial limitation of these analyses is that they do not control for the potential endogeneity of education. The aim of our study is to estimate the role of women’s education on their number of children in Malawi, accounting for the possible presence of endogeneity and for nonlinear effects of continuous observed confounders. Our analysis is based on micro data from the 2010 Malawi Demographic Health Survey, and uses a flexible instrumental variable regression approach. The results suggest that the relationship of interest is affected by endogeneity and exhibits an inverted U-shape among women living in rural areas of Malawi, whereas it exhibits an inverse (nonlinear) relationship for women living in urban areas.
date: 2015-01
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-013-0502-8
vfaculties: VMPS
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: WoS-Lite
elements_id: 1001196
doi: 10.1007/s00148-013-0502-8
lyricists_name: Marra, Giampiero
lyricists_id: GMARR98
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Population Economics
volume: 28
number: 1
pagerange: 89-111
issn: 0933-1433
citation:        Zanin, L;    Radice, R;    Marra, G;      (2015)    Modelling the impact of women's education on fertility in Malawi.                   Journal of Population Economics , 28  (1)   pp. 89-111.    10.1007/s00148-013-0502-8 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-013-0502-8>.       Green open access   
 
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