part of Germany and western Germany. Although the demography of these two regions has converged with respect to mortality … and overall fertility levels, non-marital births are the norm in eastern Germany but the exception in western Germany. A … number of explanations, stemming from the policy and socio-economic conditions of eastern and western Germany in recent …

The aim of this paper is to provide insights into third-birth dynamics in West Germany and Norway. Since the third … Germany, and how can they be explained? Which factors have a similar influence on Norwegian and West German two-child mothers … and their further fertility? We believe that a comparison of third-birth behavior between Norway and West Germany is of …