This paper studies the effects of a father quota in the parental leave period on households' labor market and fertility … leave delayed higher-order births and reduced subsequent fertility among older women (by about 15%). These results suggest a …

particular related to family formation and fertility. This is especially relevant for highly educated persons who often face … fertility intentions of highly educated women and men, concentrating on 2,187 university degree holders aged 27 to 40 years in … western Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, France and Norway. We attempt to operationalize the rush hour of life in a …

fertility behavior are influenced by their social context where immediate neighborhoods and neighbors may play a significant … fertility preferences. Using detailed geo-data from Norwegian administrative registers to locate couples in flexible ego …-centered neighborhoods, this paper introduces a new dimension of spatial fertility variations. Results from regression models show that the …

Geographical variations in fertility and the diffusion of fertility across space and social networks are central topics … geographical variations in fertility. This paper investigates spatial variations in family size by analyzing third births in a … fertility variation and contributes to our understanding of geographical variations in fertility. Flexible, ego …

group distinctions. We situate our study in Norway, a country on the forefront of family change with an increasingly diverse …