prominently in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. However, the level of German … fertility has decreased significantly from the 1900s. The paper documents and analyzes the long-termdevelopment trends ….We identify three different explanatory approaches for the decline in fertility according to which the various articles of the …

examining the importance of family specific fertility culture for fertility outcomes. Family specific fertility culture is … defined as systematic component in fertility preferences shared among family members. Using data from the NLSY79, we identify … family culture by comparing preferences of siblings in early adulthood. Relating these preferences to completed fertility …