Contents: IntroductionEducation and the global fertility transition
(K.S. James, Vegard Skribekk and Jan Van Bavel)Refereed ArticlesWomen`s
education and fertilitsy transition ins sub-Saharan Africa (David
Shapiro)A reassessment of the effects of female education and employment
onf fertility in Nigeria (Onipede Wusu)One or two pathways to individual
modernity? The effects of education on family formation among women in
Japan and Germany (Bernhard Nauck and Rokuro Tabuchi)Spousal and
parental roles among female student populations in 55 low- and
middle-income countries (Albert Esteve, Jeroen Spijker, Tim Riffe and
Joan Garcia)Number of children and cognitive abilities in later life
(Valerie Bordone and Daniela Weber)The reversal of gender inequality in
education, union formation and ferility in Europe (Jan van Bavel