Economic recession and fertility in the developed world

T Sobotka, V Skirbekk, D Philipov - … and development review, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews research on the effects of economic recessions on fertility in the
developed world. We study how economic downturns, as measured by various indicators …

Demographic and medical consequences of the postponement of parenthood

L Schmidt, T Sobotka, JG Bentzen… - Human reproduction …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Across the developed world couples are postponing parenthood. This
review assesses the consequences of delayed family formation from a demographic and …

Employment instability and fertility in Europe: A meta-analysis

G Alderotti, D Vignoli, M Baccini, A Matysiak - Demography, 2021 - read.dukeupress.edu
The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic
research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great …

The Great Recession and Fertility in Europe: A Sub-national Analysis

A Matysiak, T Sobotka, D Vignoli - European Journal of Population, 2021 - Springer
This study investigates how the changes in labour market conditions and economic growth
were associated with fertility before and during the Great Recession in Europe in 2002 …

The end of “lowest‐low” fertility?

JR Goldstein, T Sobotka… - … and development review, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Total fertility rates fell to previously unseen levels in a large number of countries beginning
in the early 1990s. The persistence of TFRs below 1.3 raised the possibility of rapid …

[图书][B] The new roles of men and women and implications for families and societies

LS Oláh, IE Kotowska, R Richter - 2018 - library.oapen.org
The major trends in family structures and their shifts across the industrialized world over the
past decades are well known: fertility rates have declined below the level sufficient for the …

The gap between lifetime fertility intentions and completed fertility in Europe and the United States: A cohort approach

E Beaujouan, C Berghammer - Population Research and Policy Review, 2019 - Springer
We study the aggregate gap between intended and actual fertility in 19 European countries
and the US based on a cohort approach. This complements prior research that had mainly …

Short-and long-term effects of unemployment on fertility

J Currie, H Schwandt - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more
than a century. Most studies find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is …

Where are the babies? Labor market conditions and fertility in Europe

A Adsera - European Journal of Population/Revue européenne de …, 2011 - Springer
Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

Whose job instability affects the likelihood of becoming a parent in Italy? A tale of two partners

D Vignoli, S Drefahl, G De Santis - Demographic Research, 2012 - JSTOR
We examine the likelihood of becoming a parent in Italy taking into account the employment
(in) stability of both partners in a couple. We use data from four waves of the Italian section of …