This article argues that the trends normally linked with the second demographic transition
(SDT) may be reversed as the gender revolution enters its second half by including men …

This paper examines fertility and family policies in 15 Central and East European (CEE)
countries to establish firstly, likely directions of cohort fertility trends for the coming decade; …

This article reviews major similarities and differences in period and cohort fertility in Austria,
Germany and Switzerland. These three countries share a long history of low fertility and …

In this article, we develop a fully integrated and dynamic Bayesian approach to forecast
populations by age and sex. The approach embeds the Lee-Carter type models for …

How do changes in employment uncertainty matter for fertility? Empirical studies on the
impact of employment uncertainty on reproductive decision-making offer a variety of …

At the individual level, a very strong negative relationship is observed between age at first
birth and total number of children. However, at the country level, it is possible that no …

Abstract Background Delayed childbearing in European countries has resulted in an
increase in the number of women having children later in life. Thus more women face the …

Recently the difference between actual and hypothetical fertility (fertility gap) has served as
an indication to enforce family policies with the purpose to increase births. This paper …

Forecasts of completed fertility predict how many children will be born on average by women
over their entire reproductive lifetime. These forecasts are important in informing public …

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is increasingly influencing the fertility trends of high-
income countries characterized by a pattern of delayed childbearing. However, research on …