Abstract: We jointly analyze infant mortality, birth spacing, and total fertility of children in a rural area in … that if families would behave as if their all children were sons, fertility levels would be reduced by 3.5% and 5.7% in the …

between partnership formation and fertility. We apply simultaneous hazard models to family and fertility survey data for …

expectations of employment and devoting themselves to family and children. The isolation of a nuclear family may also hinder family … understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be … residential independence of the new nuclear family. The empirical data are 74 semi-structured interviews with women between ages …

the effects of family policies on fertility. Theoretically we employ approaches of comparative welfare-state research, of …-of-theart of such an approach. We present studies on the impact of family policies on Swedish childbearing behavior to demonstrate … effects of family policies on childbearing and fertility. …

the timing of fertility. However, the positive impact of development on fertility is conditional on gender equality …: countries that rank high in development as measured by health, income, and education, but low in gender equality, continue to … experience declining fertility. This finding demonstrates the importance of work-family balance in shaping fertility at older …

individuals are embedded. The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) supports research on these micro … recent advances in the implementation of this database. Although conceptually linked to the Generations and Gender Survey …