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The population history of Germany: research strategy and preliminary results
Pfister, Ulrich; Fertig, Georg - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010
The paper presents the project of an aggregative reconstruction of the population of Ger-many from the sixteenth … of population size and of annual series of the crude birth, marriage and death rates rests on three types of sources … points in time are used to derive annual growth rates of popula-tion. This information is used to derive approximate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765030
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Measuring the balance of government intervention on forward and backward family transfers using NTA estimates: the modified Lee Arrows
Patxot, Concepció; Renteria, Elisenda; Romero, Miguel … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
In this paper we propose a way to measure the degree of government intervention on forward –from parents to children– and backward –from adult children to elderly parents– intergenerational family transfers (IFT). We carry out a discussion about the possibility of using Generational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851040
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Providing easy access to cross-country comparative contextual data for demographic research: concept and recent advances of the Generations & Gender Programme Contextual Database
Caporali, Arianna; Klüsener, Sebastian; Neyer, Gerda R.; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
-developments. With its unique combination of features, this database could serve as a model for the development of contextual databases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851041
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Parental benefits improve parental well-being: evidence from a 2007 policy change in Germany
Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
Family policies aim to influence fertility and labor force participation, and support families. However, often only fertility and labor supply are considered in policy evaluations. For example, the 2007 extension of parental leave benefits in Germany is generally considered unsuccessful because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851042
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The Japanese family system: change, continuity, and regionality over the twentieth century
Kato, Akihiko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
In Japan, many scholars and policymakers as well as ordinary people, have accepted the family nuclearization theory—that is, that the Japanese family system has changed from a traditional stem family into the modern nuclear or conjugal family in the latter half of the twentieth century....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851043
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Social norms, economic conditions and spatial variation of childbearing within cohabitation across Europe
Lappegård, Trude; Klüsener, Sebastian; Vignoli, Daniele - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2014
development are not coherent. Proponents of the Second Demographic Transition framework interpret it rather as a pattern of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851044
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Economic stress or random variation? Revisiting german reunification as a natural experiment to investigate the effect of economic contraction on sex ratios at birth
Schnettler, Sebastian; Klüsener, Sebastian - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
in a population. A multitude of additional influences on sex ratios that often cannot be accounted for empirically make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851045
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Censuses in 19th century Serbia: inventory of preserved microdata
Vuletic, Aleksandra - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851046
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Social norms, family policies, and fertility trends: insights from a comparative study on the German-speaking region in Belgium
Klüsener, Sebastian; Neels, Karel; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
aftermath of World War I, Germany was forced to cede the territory of Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium. The population in this area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851047
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Normative and allocation role strain: role incompatibility, outsourcing, and the transition to a second birth in Eastern and Western Germany
Raz-Yurovich, Liat - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
The challenges women face in reconciling their work and family responsibilities are at the heart of current explanations concerning the low fertility levels in developed countries. This study examines the role of the outsourcing of household labor and of childcare responsibilities in reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851048