Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria

Una Okonkwo Osili, Bridget Terry Long

NBER Working Paper No. 13070
Issued in April 2007

---- Acknowledgements -----

The authors would like to thank Rina and Paul Okonkwo and Barbara Burg for assistance with data collection. We have also benefited greatly from discussions with Ifeanyi Osili, Izevbuwa Osayimwese, Omozuwa Osayimwese, Leslie Kersey, Anna Paulson, Peter Rangazas, and Anne Royalty. Yuling Han and Xiaojun Feng provided valuable research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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