This paper focuses on the realization of positive fertility intentions with different time frames. The analyses are … Behavior (TPB), the results suggest that a fertility intention's time frame is relevant for childbearing behaviour, but the … had children. Overall, childless respondents were less likely to realize their fertility intentions than parents …

women born since 1940 in Italy, Great Britain and two Nordic countries (Norway and Sweden), representing three significantly … partnership processes, but also give good predictions when compared to more recent fertility indicators. We conclude that the …

demographic events and processes, like fertility behaviour, international migration and ageing, from an international perspective …

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child … care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous … costs on fertility in a context in which child care enrolment is almost universal and the labor force participation of …

China and India, two Asian countries that experienced a rapid decline in fertility since the middle of the twentieth … century, are the focus of this paper. Although there is no doubt that lower fertility levels have many positive effects on the … of fertility. Firstly, implementing policies that have the potential to reduce fertility is costly. Secondly, additional …

determinants of fertility can be measured when at risk rather than ex-post, thus helping to reduce the risk of reverse causality … average, a different birth history trajectory, but with negligible curtailment of completed fertility. …