The authors review demographic trends and research on families in the United States, with a
special focus on the past decade. They consider the following several topics:(a) marriage …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

We use natality microdata covering the universe of US. births for 2015 to 2021 and
California births from 2015 through February 2023 to examine childbearing responses to the …

Unlucky young workers entering the labor market in recessions suffer a range of medium-to
long-term consequences. This paper summarizes the findings of the growing empirical …

This paper studies the differential persistent effects of initial economic conditions for labor
market entrants in the United States from 1976 to 2015 by education, gender, and race using …

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 …

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 …

Research on maternal-fetal epigenetic programming argues that adverse exposures to the
intrauterine environment can have long-term effects on adult morbidity and mortality …

BACKGROUND This study further develops Goldstein et al.'s (2013) analysis of the fertility
response to the Great Recession in western economies. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this …

Introduction Marriage, divorce and fertility are declining in Japan. There is concern that the
COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the decrease in marriages and births while …