Does economic insecurity delay fertility? Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 2001 … their individual level but they complement positive economic situations on the macro-level with fertility. On the contrary …, women delay fertility in response to economic insecurity on the individual level but prepone fertility when observing …

Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by economic uncertainty. We exploit this … that emotional attachment and risk attitudes play important roles in the fertility-crime relationship. Finally, results for …

provide evidence that women who gave birth in at this period of uncertainty were negatively selected into fertility. Further …