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Palloni, AlbertoKoning, Stephanie M. Nobles, JennaCoxhead, IanFernald, Lia C. H.Titolo
The reach of fertility decline: a longitudinal analysis of human capital gains across generationsPeriodico
GenusAnno:
2022 - Volume:
78 - Fascicolo:
30 - Pagina iniziale:
1 - Pagina finale:
28The impact of fertility decline on economic development remains central to popula-
tion studies. Recent scholarship emphasizes parental investment in education as a
mediator. We further develop the theoretical foundation, and empirical evidence, for
the role of child health—specifically how fertility changes promote children’s physi-
cal and cognitive development and thereby complement human capital accumula-
tion through educational gains. We test this using a two-generation model applied
to Indonesian longitudinal data from 1993 to 2015. Characteristics of modern fertility
regimes—older maternal ages, longer interpregnancy intervals, and lower average
birth orders—generally benefit offspring cognitive development and schooling.
We estimate that family planning expansion, and the resulting shift in fertility traits,
induced an average increase of 0.34 years of offspring educational attainment by age
18 years. Maximal maternal educational and family planning expansion would jointly
produce a 1.12-year gain, including 0.20 years more directly attributable to fertility
shifts. Evidence is strengthened in parallel simulations from models of within-mother
shifts, in which fertility shifts resulted in a 0.16-year gain in offspring schooling. Findings
contribute new evidence for the rounding effects of women’s education and family
planning expansion on human capital formation through child health within families
and across generations.
SICI: 0016-6987(2022)78:30<1:TROFDA>2.0.ZU;2-D
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