In the last decade a remarkable modernisation of German family policy has been initiated. In the meantime the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has remained persistently low. Some OECD country comparisons highlight the impact of policy measures on fertility levels, but this thesis is challenged by...

Increasing numbers of young people enter university-level programmes and the share of university graduates among today’s young adults is expected to be around 40 per cent in OECD countries. Education-specific studies reveal differences in fertility behaviour. Childlessness is a particularly...