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The impact of the female advantage in education on the family
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Men’s historical advantage in educational attainment has recently been reversed in many countries. I study the implications for family formation of the new female advantage in education in the marriage market, exploiting a Finnish school reform that increased women’s relative level of education. I analyze the reduced-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and family outcomes. I find decreases in marriage and fertility in marriage markets with a larger female educational advantage. These results are mostly driven by the increasing mismatch between the educational distributions of men and women, and might have negative consequences for low-educated men’s mental health.
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RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, Ana. The impact of the female advantage in education on the family. IREA – Working Papers. 2024. Vol. IR24/20. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/219152