Fertility intentions are the most proximate determinants of actual fertility (e.g., Barber 2001; Bongaarts 1992) and … children (Fernandez and Fogli 2006). However, the literature on intergenerational transmission of fertility has viewed the …' experience as a model - either to aim for or to be avoided - when forming their own fertility intentions. More specifically, we …

these two Asian countries with two Nordic countries Norway and Finland. The main findings are: (i) child cash allowances … fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue …

and increasing union stability and fertility. We put these hypotheses to a causal test, using an extension of the … fathers by about three weeks and reduced the amount of leave taken by mothers. Neither union stability, fertility nor his or …

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 …