The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … 1945-60 and Cohort 1961-77 in order to capture social changes. The paper focuses on the timing of marriage and the birth of …

in fertility levels. Changes in union formation and fertility levels, on the other hand, do have a significant impact on …

organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They … are free to accept or reject marriage proposals. Married agents make their decisions through bargaining about work, and …

withdrawal from work is due to marriage or to motherhood. Results show that Spain and West-Germany are the countries with the … lowest rates of staying on in the labour market after childbearing. Higher education is a key explanatory factor of the …), education and part-time employment. …

pre-birth job features and education. We find that around 40 percent of Spanish women who were at work one year before … human capital (experience and higher level of education) increases the probability of staying at work. There is evidence of … employment is already initiated at marriage. For those Spanish women returning to work after confinement, downward occupational …

marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …

Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman’s first marriage breaks up. Recent …

. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete; this is not so for unemployment …