Aassve, Arnstein; Billari, Francesco; Pessin, Léa - "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social … - 2012
We argue that fertility trends in advanced societies are in part driven by differences in trust. The argument builds … participation, the diffusion of childcare facilities, and hence a halt to the continuing fertility decline. Support of this …-level regressions and from a series of multilevel analyses. We find that trust by itself is positively associated with fertility over …