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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Econ Rev. 2020 Sep 26;130:103581. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103581

Table 5.

OLS regressions of imbalances in sex ratios on age at first marriage and age at first birth

VARIABLES (1)
age at first marriage		 (2)
age first child
Sex ratio (men/women), 1946 −4.439***
(0.358)		 −3.775***
(0.368)
Constant 27.650***
(0.721)		 27.952***
(0.349)
Observations 59,120 50,104
R-squared 0.153 0.157

Standard errors are clustered on the state of residence level

***

p<0.01

**

p<0.05

*

p<0.1.

OLS regressions on age at first marriage and age at giving birth for the first time. Controls: 5-year birth cohort fixed effects, state of residence fixed effects, wife’s and husband’s education, household income. The analysis is based on the 1% sample of the German Census 1970.