with this struggle, mostly restricted to the case of fertility. The central question investigated here is: given observed … cohort fertility from period fertility measures. The conclusion is that, for each method, its justifiability can be verified … only empirically: by looking at cohort fertility directly. To illustrate how this can be done, the paper analyses fertility …

earlier second and third births, however increase in completed cohort fertility was minimal. A third wave started in 2007 … was a turning point in the change of fertility and nuptiality models. The 1970s birth cohorts marry and become parents …-traditional features of fertility and nuptiality remain. These distinguish Russia from most European countries and will persist in the near …

partnership relations: Fertility outcomes remain to be strongly associated with the type of partnership and its development … partnerships, may therefore facilitate fertility decline in Hungary. The analysis is based on the first wave of the Hungarian panel …

fertility behaviour, and continue to do so today. The opinions expressed by social scientists in the first part of the 20th … personal well-being aspirations and job careers of women; (2) status anxiety parents feel for their children pushes fertility …

Following the swift demise of the state-socialist regime in 1989, a profound transformation of family and fertility … patterns has taken place in the Czech Republic. Family formation has been postponed and period fertility rates have fallen to …

Using detailed data on period and cohort fertility in four European countries, this paper discusses various indicators … of period fertility, including indicators adjusted for changes in fertility timing. Empirical analysis focuses on the … comparison of cohort fertility and corresponding indicators of period fertility; particular attention is paid to the periods of …

This paper studies the evolution of deliberate fertility control in fourteen historic German villages between 1700 and … 1900. The fertility response to infant and child mortality and exogenous fluctuations in rye price are used as measures of … mortality increases. A negative fertility response to high rye price is present only after 1800, supporting the existence and …