Choice of Study Discipline and the Postponement of Motherhood in Europe: The Impact of Expected Earnings, Gender Composition, and Family Attitudes.
Theory suggests that the field of study may be at least as consequential for fertility behavior as the duration and level of education. Yet, this qualitative dimension of educational achievement has been largely neglected in demographic studies. This article analyzes the mechanisms relating the fiel...
| Publicado en: | Demography Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 439 - 459 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
May 2010
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