Saturday, April 1 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Santa Anita AB

Session 147:
Causal Effects of Schooling on Demographic and Health Outcomes

Chair: Julie DaVanzo, RAND
Discussant: Ashlesha Datar, RAND
Discussant: Claus C. Pörtner, University of Washington

  1. Education and the Timing of Births: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in ItalyMargherita Fort, UniversitĂ  di Padova

  2. Childlessness and Educational Attainment among Swedish Women Born in 1955-59Jan Hoem, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Gerda Neyer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Gunnar Andersson, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

  3. The Roles of High School Completion and GED Receipt in Smoking and ObesityDonald Kenkel, Cornell University ; Dean R. Lillard, Cornell University ; Alan Mathios, Cornell University

  4. Reciprocal Influences of Education on Values Concerning Family, Careers and SocietyMiles Kimball, University of Michigan ; Colter Mitchell, University of Michigan ; Linda Young-DeMarco, University of Michigan

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