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dc.contributor.authorArtmann, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorKetel, Nadine
dc.contributor.authorOosterbeek, Hessel
dc.contributor.authorvan der Klaauw, Bas
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-20T12:33:18Z
dc.date.available2018-08-20T12:33:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/57385
dc.descriptionJEL-codes: I26,J12,J13.sv
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses administrative data from 16 cohorts of the Dutch population to study the relationship between field of study and family outcomes. We first document considerable variation by field of study for a range of family outcomes. To get to causal effects, we use admission lotteries that were conducted in the Netherlands to allocate seats for four substantially oversubscribed studies. We find that field of study matters for partner choice, which for women also implies an effect on partners' earnings. Fertility of women is not affected and evidence for men is mixed, but we find evidence for intergenerational effects on children's education. This means that field of study does not only affect individual labor market outcomes but also causally influences other important dimensions of a person's life.sv
dc.format.extent39sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries736sv
dc.subjectHigher educationsv
dc.subjectstudy choicesv
dc.subjectreturns to educationsv
dc.subjectassortative matchingsv
dc.subjectintergenerational mobilitysv
dc.titleField of study and family outcomessv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDept. of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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