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Regional social contexts and individual fertility decisions : a multilevel analysis of first and second birth in Western Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2002
This paper investigates whether and how regional social contexts influence fertility decisions of women living in … for the transition to the first and second child. The empirical analysis provides no evidence that fertility differentials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435834
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Regional income distribution and human capital formation : a model of intergenerational education transfer in a global context
Bartholomae, Florian W. (contributor);  … - 2009
The demographic problems in developed countries are getting more and more important. Very low fertility rates … education worsens the situation. Therefore family planning as well as fertility providing and educational measures are of major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811601
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Well-being in Germany : what explains the regional variation?
Vatter, Johannes - 2012
couples and go along with significantly higher fertility rates. Overall, I conclude that comparisons of SWB within a single … ; fertility rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009502859
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Culture’s influence regionally differing social milieus and variations in fertility rates
Fulda, Barbara - 2015
How can we understand subnational differences in fertility rates? The most common explanations see the key to these … fail to account for fertility rate differences in regions with similar populations and structures. This paper analyzes two … social milieus in southern Germany and argues that variations in their fertility rates can only be understood through their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527067
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The differential influence of women's residential district on their risk of entering motherhood and first marriage : a discrete time multilevel analysis of Western German panel dat...
Hank, Karsten - 2002
the timing of marriage, must probably be understood as the principal origin of different patterns of fertility across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435923
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Population decline in Lithuania : who lives in declining regions and who leaves?
Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than 50% of their residents. Such a sharp population decline poses major challenges to politicians, policy makers and planners. This study aims to get more insight into the recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528102
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Spatial and social distance in the fertility transition: Sweden 1880-1900
Klüsener, Sebastian; Dribe, Martin; Scalone, Francesco - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011533738
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Sociodemographic disparities in Czech cohesion regions after 1990
Šotkovský, Ivan - 2010
The article is deal with the sociodemographic differences between Czech cohesion regions for the last teenty years and more. There are drew up the basic Czech population and spatial regions differencess in the preface. The spatial hierarchy of the cohesion regions is completed about its eight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011562337
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Youth unemployment in the OECD : demographic shifts, labour market institutions, and macroeconomic shocks
Jimeno, Juan F. (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001702793
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Regional social contexts and individual fertility decisions : a multilevel analysis of first and second birth in Western Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2002
This paper investigates whether and how regional social contexts influence fertility decisions of women living in … for the transition to the first and second child. The empirical analysis provides no evidence that fertility differentials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001669937