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Title: Education, Gender and Family Formation. Discussion Paper No. 2011
Language: English
Authors: Hanna Virtanen, Mikko Silliman, Tiina Kuuppelomäki, Kristiina Huttunen, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Source: Centre for Economic Performance. 2024.
Availability: Centre for Economic Performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK. Tel: +44-20-7955-7673; Fax: +44-20-7404-0612; e-mail: cep.info@lse.ac.uk; Web site: http://cep.lse.ac.uk
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 76
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Research
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Gender Differences, Family Structure, Marriage, Child Rearing
Geographic Terms: Finland
ISSN: 2042-2695
Abstract: We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by centralized admissions processes to both secondary and tertiary education in Finland. Admission to further education at either margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further education are more likely to both live with a partner and have children. We then pre-register and test two hypotheses which could explain each set of results using survey data. These suggest that the positive association between men's education and family formation observed in the data is driven by selection. For women, our estimates are consistent with the idea that, as increased returns to social skills shift the burden of child development from schools to parents and particularly mothers, education can make women more attractive as potential partners. [Funding for this report was provided by The Strategic Research Council, the Research Council of Finland, and Palkansaajasäätiö.]
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