Studies on intergenerational social mobility usually examine the extent to which social
positions of one generation determine the social positions of the next. This study …

In this article we test the hypothesis that the secular increase in heights in the course of the
second half of the nineteenth century was associated with the rise of the breadwinner …

Child survival depends on the allocation of resources within the household. The size and
composition of the sibling set influences parental division of resources and can in turn affect …

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This article examines parental coping strategies in response to the death of a partner in the
Netherlands in the period 1863–1910. The author concentrates on two largely neglected …

Relatives play an important role in human reproduction according to evolutionary theories of
reproductive behavior, but previous empirical studies show large differences in the effects of …

BACKGROUND This article examines the impact of parental death in childhood,
adolescence, and adulthood on male and female age at marriage in the Netherlands in the …

The Netherlands, with dozens of different religious denominations, offer a fine laboratory to
study religious differentials in demographic behavior. In this article, I analyze a large …

BACKGROUND A return migration later in life can be seen as a coping strategy to deal with
care needs and other difficulties. Understanding these return migrations requires a …

Our study entails a quantitative analysis of the life courses of permanent celibates in Dutch
cities. We make use of a large database with randomly selected life courses (Historical …