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JSM 2002 Abstract #301126
Activity Number: 112
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 12:00 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics*
Abstract - #301126
Title: The Impact of the Mother's Education on the Third Birth in Europe. A Discrete-time Multilevel Hazard Analysis.
Author(s): Marc Calllens*+
Affiliation(s): Population and Family Study Centre
Address: Markiesstraat 1, Brussels, , B-1000, Belgium
Keywords: Multilevel analysis ; Event history analysis ; Fertility and Family Surveys
Abstract:

Combining elements from hazard modelling, logistic regression, multilevel analysis, and non-linear mixed models, we propose to use adaptive Gaussian Quadrature in estimating discrete-time multilevel hazard models to assess the impact of societal and individual level covariates on the timing and occurrence of life-course events. We explore the use of this modelling strategy to empirically assess whether--and if so, how, and why--the impact of the mother's educational level varies among fifteen European countries.

In this analysis, human capital accumulation theory has not been falsified: The effect of education showed to be negative and no cross-level interactions were found.

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