, 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 …

We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate …-percentage point increase in the unemployment rate leads to an increase in low birth weight and preterm babies of respectively 1.3 and … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health …

little evidence that quantifies the causal effects of teen motherhood on such mothers and their first born children. This …

This paper examines potential explanations for recent declines in teenage pregnancy, in particular, the promotion of … long acting reversible contraception (LARCs). We estimate models of teenage conception, birth and abortion rates using … are consistent with LARC promotion having a negative impact on teenage pregnancy rates, the effects are small and …

-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their …This paper examines possible spillover effects of parental unemployment on the subjective wellbeing of 12- to 21-year … unemployment has negative effects, while no effect of fathers' unemployment can be detected. In subgroup analyses, we do not find …

This paper examines the effects that an increase in compulsory school-leaving (CSL) age has on the teenage fertility … (both motherhood and pregnancy) of Roma women, a disadvantaged ethnic minority in Hungary. We use a regression discontinuity …

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 …