Given the wide-ranging consequences of declining fertility rates, academics and policymakers around the world are increasingly interested in understanding what influences men's and women's decision to start a family. Hanna Virtanen, Mikko Silliman, Tiina Kuuppelomaki and Kristiina Huttunen explore how the relationship between education and family formation has evolved and whether the observed correlations are causal.

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13 September 2024

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LSE Business Review

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https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2024/09/13/education-makes-women-not-men-more-likely-to-have-children/

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