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The whole region of the South and East Mediterranean exhibits a profound fertility transition with marked differences in the pace of fertility declines among the countries. The authors choose three representative countries: Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. Determinants of the propensity towards...
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Family members are uniquely situated to influence the decision-making of their kin in nearly every facet of life. We examine the importance of social interactions in fertility outcomes by assessing family members’ scope of influence on their fellow kin’s fertility behavior. With the unique...
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relative and absolute mortality inequalities. Changes in population composition by education and by marital status tend to …
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This paper examines the development of female and maternal labor market participation in western Germany. We discuss major forces that contribute to educational differences in female employment behavior. The empirical investigation draws on data from the scientific-use-files of the...
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some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education. The … first paper is about childlessness and education, the present one about the mean number of children ever born. We find that … ultimate fertility decreases somewhat with an increasing educational level, but its dependence on the field of education is …
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The aim of this paper is to provide insights into third-birth dynamics in West Germany and Norway. Since the third-birth propensity between both countries differs remarkably, we seek to address the following questions in this paper: What are the characteristics of mothers with two and three...
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In this paper, we extend the concept of educational attainment to cover the field of education attained in addition to … the conventional level of education. Our empirical investigation uses register records containing childbearing and … education serves as an indicator of a woman’s potential reproductive behavior better than the mere level. We discover that in …
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educated for teaching jobs or for health occupations typically have lower childlessness than other lines of education. However …
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There has been a lot of demographic research concerning the relationship between education and fertility. Most studies …, however, focus on the level of education and do not include the field of education. Our paper shows that the field of … education serves as a better indicator of a woman’s potential reproductive behavior than the level of education does. Our …
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Account method. Germany's lifecycle deficit is shaped by long periods spent in education, early retirement, and low labor …. During the long dependent periods of childhood and old age, the main expenditures-including education for younger people and …
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