Here are *some key studies* you can look up that show links between women’s education and fertility (schooling/less children). I can pull more if you like, but these are good starting points:
1. The Impact of Women’s Education on Fertility in Latin America: Searching for Explanations (Teresa Castro Martin & Fátima Juárez, 1995) — examines data from Latin American countries and finds women with no formal education have much higher fertility (6-7 children) vs better educated women (2-3 children). ([Guttmacher Institute][1])
2. The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth (Justin McCrary & Heather Royer, 2006) — a working paper (NBER) using school‐entry policy changes to identify causal effects of female education on fertility/infant health. ([NBER][2])
3. Linkages between Education and Fertility in Sub‑Saharan Africa (published November 2017) — uses DHS data from about 30 sub-Saharan African countries to analyse how education and fertility relate, including decomposition of changes over time. ([afd.fr][3])
4. Women’s Education Influences Fertility Rates in Sub‑Saharan Africa (recent MPIDR/IIASA press‐release about study) — draws on 138 DHS surveys in 39 countries, showing that higher women’s education correlates with lower fertility and that less‐educated women tend to follow norms of the more educated in their community. ([IIASA][4])
If you like, I can compile
10-15 studies, including meta-analyses and more recent papers (post 2015), and send you full citations (authors, journal, year) so you can pick and choose which to download.
[1]:
https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/ipsrh/1995/06/impact-womens-education-fertility-latin-america-searching-explanations?utm_source=chatgpt.com "The Impact of Women's Education on Fertility In Latin America: Searching for Explanations | Guttmacher Institute"
[2]:
https://www.nber.org/papers/w12329?utm_source=chatgpt.com "The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth | NBER"
[3]:
https://www.afd.fr/en/ressources/linkages-between-education-and-fertility-sub-saharan-africa?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Linkages between Education and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa | AFD - Agence Française de Developpement"
[4]:
https://iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-2024/womens-education-influences-fertility-rates-in-sub-saharan-africa?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Women's education influences fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa | IIASA"