, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among …This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from … men, which can be attributed to the inability to financially support a family. Among women, unemployment exerts a positive …

Heterogenität beobachtet werden. Deutschland, Spanien und Italien weisen deutlich niedrigere Geburtenraten auf als Frankreich, das …

Heterogenität beobachtet werden. Deutschland, Spanien und Italien weisen deutlich niedrigere Geburtenraten auf als Frankreich, das …Fertility rates have declined in all OECD countries throughout the last decades. Despite this common secular trend …, there is substantial heterogeneity both in the current level of birth rates and in the past development. Germany, Spain, and …

We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset … of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of … new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to the rest of Europe. We observe that societies with higher education …

mothers. Using the two countries as comparative case studies, the authors develop and test the hypothesis that the socio …-economic gradient of fertility timing has become increasingly mediated by family policy. They hypothesize and find increasing … occupations in France, but this was still much earlier on average than for all but low-skill British mothers …

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 …

countries (France, Italy and Germany) on the link between time allocation by parents and time allocation by youngsters …

education track attendance from the first to the second generation of immigrants. Second, we find that reduced fertility is … immigrant groups in both France and Germany, two major European economies with distinct immigration histories. …

Die vorliegende Studie dokumentiert die Resultate des Forschungsprojekts "Fertility and Prosperity: Links between … Deutschland, Frankreich, dem Vereinigten Königreich und Schweden wird diese Einsicht weiter konkretisiert. …