We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …

We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …

Although abortion trends can be highly informative for understanding fertility reactions amid COVID-19 pandemic, this … perspective is rarely taken yet. In contrast to many other countries, Germany has reached above-average fertility rates in the … fertility patterns contrast with trends in many high-income countries. We argue that Germany's robust social policies were …

German fertility rates are far below the replacement level, meaning that its population is projected to shrink. This … implies a threat to sustainable economic growth and the stability of the social security system. Thus, fertility behavior is … of highest interest for policymakers. Economic research has identified several reasons for the low fertility level …

fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …

-in-difference design and a fertility survey with information on conception, contraception, and labor supply arrangements. Childcare …. In a country with the lowest total fertility rate in the world and that often performs middling in rankings of gender …

fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and … independently from fertility decline. Finally, we assess the state and quality of evidence of these relationships and propose …

identify the effect of temperature on fertility. We demonstrate that warm (25-30°C) and hot days (>30°C) decrease total … fertility rate (TFR) in Spain, and that the estimated decrease is higher than the effects estimated in previous literature for … fertility such as population ageing. …

The negative correlation between women's education and fertility has been observed across regions and time, although it … is now weaker among high-income countries. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women …