Anrudh K. Jain
The Effect of Female Education on Fertility: A Simple Explanation
Population Council
paper investigates structure relationship female education fertility based data published first country reports world fertility surveys eleven countriescosta rica colombia dominican republic panama fiji korea malaysia pakistan sri lanka thailand indonesia cumulative marital fertility educated women shown similar different settings lack uniformity education fertility relationship including curvilinear nature relationship observed across countries shown attributable marked differences countries average fertility women education rather presumed differences average fertility educated women structure relationship shown similar across several developing countries analysis suggests advancement female education expected influence fertility behavior even without simultaneous changes factors increasing opportunity participation paid labor force modern sector