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Additional work, family agriculture, and the birth of a first or a second child in Russia at the beginning of the 1990s

Bühler, Christoph - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2003

At the beginning of the transition period, many Russian households faced substantial economic hardships and uncertainties. An economic downturn had become one of the major factors respon-sible for the significant and rapid decline of Russian fertility. However, many households tried to cope with...

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Social capital related to fertility: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence from Bulgaria

Bühler, Christoph; Philipov, Dimiter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2005

Interpersonal relationships of support have been found to be an important factor in individual fertility intentions in Central and Eastern European countries. The foundations of this positive influence have not been well explored to date, however. We present a theoretical discussion on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163264

Zur Bedeutung sozialen Kapitals für Fertilitätsentscheidungen: theoretische und empirische Darstellungen am Beispiel Bulgariens

Bühler, Christoph; Philipov, Dimiter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

Models on the impact of social networks on reproductive behavior primarily address processes of interpersonal influence on fertility related values and utility perceptions and consider aspects of social support and social capital only to a small extend. On the basis of an exchange theoretical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163287

Learning from others and receiving support: the impact of personal networks on fertility intentions in Poland

Bühler, Christoph; Fratczak, Ewa - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2005

Research about fertility has focused in the main on studying separately the influences of communication networks and social capital on reproductive behavior, but it has rarely tried to integrate both network properties theoretically or analytically. We therefore discuss a general model of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168343

On the structural value of children and its implication on intended fertility in Bulgaria

Bühler, Christoph - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

Personal networks receive increasing recognition as structural determinants of fertility. However, the network perspective also helps to explain personal motivations for having children. Using theories of interpersonal exchange and of the value of children, it is argued that children can...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700187

The transition from school to work in Russia during and after socialism: change or continuity?

Bühler, Christoph; Konietzka, Dirk - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008

Russia. It compares the process of entering working life during socialism (1966-1990) and the transition period (1991-2005) by utilizing information from 6,455 males and females of the "Education and Employment Survey for Russia". The results document influences both of change and of continuity....

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Social capital and fertility intentions: the case of Poland

Bühler, Christoph; Fratczak, Ewa - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

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Toward a Better Understanding of the Relationship Between Friendship and Happiness: Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts, Feelings of Mattering, and Satisfaction of Basic...

Demir, Melikşah; Davidson, Ingrid - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 2, pp. 525-550

Friendship is a consistent correlate of happiness, yet less is known about the associations of friendship specific … experiences and feelings with happiness. In this study (n = 4,382) the roles of perceived responses to capitalization attempts …, perceived mattering to and satisfaction of basic psychological needs in same-sex best friendships in happiness among men and …

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I Am so Happy ‘Cause My Best Friend Makes Me Feel Unique: Friendship, Personal Sense of Uniqueness and Happiness

Demir, Melikşah; Şimşek, Ömer; Procsal, Amanda - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 4, pp. 1201-1224

Decades of empirical research leave no doubt that friendship experiences are consistent correlates of happiness. Yet …, little is known about how friendships are related to happiness. The present study examined personal sense of uniqueness as a … mediator of the relationship between same-sex best friendship quality and happiness in three samples each employing a different …

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Looking to happy tomorrows with friends: Best and close friendships as they predict happiness

Demir, Melikşah; Özdemir, Metin; Weitekamp, Lesley - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 8 (2007) 2, pp. 243-271

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