Data and Code for: "Status Externalities in Education and Low Birth Rates in Korea"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Seongeun Kim, Sejong University, Korea; Michele Tertilt, University of Mannheim; Minchul Yum, University of Southampton

Version:  View help for Version V1

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  EXCEL 04/10/2024 09:15:AM
  MATLAB 04/10/2024 09:15:AM
  STATA 04/10/2024 09:18:AM
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Project Citation: 

Kim, Seongeun, Tertilt, Michele, and Yum, Minchul. Data and Code for: “Status Externalities in Education and Low Birth Rates in Korea.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/E195662V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the data and code to replicate the results in the paper "Status Externalities in Education and Low Birth Rates in Korea." The package contains both stata code to replicate the empirical results and matlab code to replicate the model simulations.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources German Research Foundation (CRC-TR-224); German Research Foundation (Leibniz Prize)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Fertility; Korea; Externality; Education; Childlessness; Human Capital
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
      D62 Externalities
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      O40 Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage South Korea
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1970 – 1975 (Cohort of women born between 1970 and 1975)
Universe:  View help for Universe Married women born between 1970 and 1975 in South Korea
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data


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