Baby gap: Does more education make for less children?

Bericht

Female college graduates are less likely to bear children but once a mother, they have more children than non-college graduates. - RWI presents first evidence on why college educated women have less children than women who did not go to college. While tertiary education has a direct negative impact on women's probability to become a mother, college educated mothers bear more children than noncollege educated mothers. Career disadvantages might discourage highly educated women from having children. More flexible working hours and means-tested maternal leave benefits could reduce the baby gap.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: RWI Impact Notes

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Westphal, Matthias ; Kamhöfer, Daniel A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/196550
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET