Friday, April 16 / 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM   •   Cumberland G

Session 117:
Timing of Childbearing and Fertility Transitions: Establishing Cause and Effect

Chair: Sarah M. Kendig, University of Maryland
Discussant: Steven P. Martin, University of Maryland

  1. Education and Family Formation: Lessons from an Expansion of Upper Secondary SchoolingHans Gronqvist, Stockholm University ; Caroline Hall, IFAU

  2. Postponement and Recuperation of Fertility in Italy: The Role of EducationElena C. Meroni, Università di Padova

  3. Does Spacing Matter? The Effect of Child Spacing on the Cumulative Labor Force Outcomes of MothersMargaret Gough, University of Michigan ; Alexandra Killewald, University of Michigan

  4. Do Children Affect Life Expectancy? A Joint Study of Early Life Conditions, Fertility and MortalitySumedha Gupta, Northwestern University ; Gerard G.J. van den Berg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute ; France Portrait, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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