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Published in final edited form as: Eur Econ Rev. 2020 Sep 26;130:103581. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103581

Table A.2.

Regression results on the impact of sex ratios in 1946 on fertility and marriage outcomes by women’s age at birth, younger versus older ages

(1)

total fertility		 (2)
extensive margin
fertility		 (3)
intensive margin
fertility		 (4)

probability marriage
age 20–33 age 34–50 age 20–33 age 34–50 age 20–33 age 34–50 age 20–33 age 34–50
sex ratio (men/women), 1946 0.734***
(0.208)		 −0.439
(0.305)		 0.438***
(0.100)		 0.209*
(0.110)		 0.656**
(0.282)		 −1.115***
(0.430)		 0.606***
(0.120)		 0.181*
(0.102)
birth cohort 1919–1924 −0.019
(0.143)		 −0.119
(0.139)		 0.038
(0.067)		 0.028
(0.055)		 −0.036
(0.169)		 −0.251
(0.211)		 0.062
(0.078)		 0.007
(0.062)
birth cohort 1925–1929 −0.126
(0.109)		 −0.043
(0.147)		 −0.050
(0.044)		 −0.027
(0.043)		 −0.111
(0.131)		 −0.005
(0.173)		 0.013
(0.039)		 0.034
(0.030)
birth cohort 1930–1934 −0.143***
(0.043)		 0.168**
(0.065)		 −0.076***
(0.016)		 −0.030
(0.023)		 −0.126**
(0.057)		 0.275***
(0.071)		 −0.034*
(0.018)		 0.042*
(0.024)
birth cohort 1935–1939 −0.001
(0.032)		 0.235***
(0.048)		 −0.031**
(0.013)		 0.004
(0.006)		 −0.005
(0.041)		 0.259***
(0.066)		 −0.032
(0.023)		 0.028
(0.020)
father has high school degree 0.088
(0.089)		 0.059
(0.130)		 0.027
(0.036)		 0.032
(0.039)		 0.076
(0.082)		 0.004
(0.076)		 0.003
(0.020)		 −0.032
(0.049)
mother has high school degree −0.101
(0.150)		 0.277
(0.191)		 −0.061
(0.067)		 0.006
(0.066)		 −0.087
(0.125)		 0.358***
(0.134)		 −0.012
(0.056)		 0.052
(0.047)
years schooling −0.087***
(0.008)		 −0.083***
(0.018)		 −0.039***
(0.003)		 −0.023***
(0.004)		 −0.079***
(0.007)		 −0.045***
(0.015)		 −0.034***
(0.004)		 −0.017***
(0.004)
Constant 1.183***
(0.206)		 3.127***
(0.411)		 0.615***
(0.104)		 1.019***
(0.113)		 1.196***
(0.309)		 3.385***
(0.490)		 0.452***
(0.144)		 0.871***
(0.113)
NxT 33,964 40,907 33,964 40,907 29,652 35,689 33,698 39,454
N 2,426 2,426 2,426 2,426 2,118 2,118 2,426 2,372

Standard errors are clustered on the state of residence level

***

p<0.01

**

p<0.05

*

p<0.1.

Random effects regression controlling for all variables presented in the Table. Reference categories: birth cohorts 1940–1944, state of residence Bremen. Models include dummy variables for the following German states: Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and Bavaria. The analysis is based on SOEP data.