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Field of Study and Family Outcomes

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13033

41 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2018

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Elisabeth Artmann

VU University Amsterdam

Nadine Ketel

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Gothenburg - Department of Economics and Statistics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; University of Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute; CEPR

Hessel Oosterbeek

University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE); Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam (TIA)

Bas Klaauw

VU University Amsterdam

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Date Written: July 2018

Abstract

This 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.

Keywords: assortative matching, Higher education, intergenerational mobility, Returns to education, study choice

JEL Classification: I26, J12, J13

Suggested Citation

Artmann, Elisabeth and Ketel, Nadine and Ketel, Nadine and Oosterbeek, Hessel and Klaauw, Bas, Field of Study and Family Outcomes (July 2018). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13033, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3210597

Elisabeth Artmann (Contact Author)

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Nadine Ketel

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Hessel Oosterbeek

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Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam (TIA)

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Bas Klaauw

VU University Amsterdam ( email )

De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam, ND North Holland 1081 HV
Netherlands

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