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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
Demographic behaviour is shaped not only by characteristics at the individual level, but also by the context in which individuals are embedded. The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) supports research on these micro-macro links by providing cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851041
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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
Childbearing within cohabitation has gained considerable ground in recent decades, but existing explanations for this development are not coherent. Proponents of the Second Demographic Transition framework interpret it rather as a pattern of progress driven by processes such as emancipation from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851044
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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
Several countries in Northern and Western Europe report cohort fertility rates of close to two children per woman, including Belgium, France, and Denmark. By contrast, most Central and Southern European countries have cohort fertility levels of only around 1.5-1.6 children. Germany is part of...
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
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Geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsmarktsegregation und Geburtenverhalten: neue Befunde auf Basis der „Biografiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland“ (BASiD)...
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Vatterrott, Anja - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
This paper uses recently available data from linked pension and employment registers for Germany, which contain complete fertility histories of women as well as longitudinal information of firm-specific characteristics where these women have been employed. It is examined how occupational sex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851051
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The sex differential in mortality: a historical comparison of the adult-age pattern of the ratio and the difference
Wisser, Oliver; Vaupel, James W. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2014
The ratio (RMR) is the standard measure of sex differentials in mortality. It is commonly known that the RMR was historically small and increased throughout the 20th century. However, numerical properties might account for the trend in the RMR rather than sex differences in risk factors. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851054
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Close kin influences on fertility behavior
White, Robert G.; Bernardi, Laura - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008
Family members are uniquely situated to influence the decision-making of their kin in nearly every facet of life. We examine the importance of social interactions in fertility outcomes by assessing family members’ scope of influence on their fellow kin’s fertility behavior. With the unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258373
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High development and fertility: fertility at older reproductive ages and gender equality explain the positive link
Myrskylä, Mikko; Kohler, Hans-Peter; Billari, Francesco C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2011
A fundamental reversal of the traditional fertility-development relationship has occurred in highly developed countries so that further socioeconomic development is no longer associated with decreasing fertility, but with increasing fertility. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322377
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Happiness: before and after the kids
Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
in fertility. However, most research on fertility and happiness uses cross-sectional data, hindering causal conclusions …. We study trajectories of parental happiness before and after the birth of a child using British and German panel data and … methods which control for unobserved parental characteristics. We find that happiness increases prior to and in the year of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646131
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Spatial aspects of the rise of nonmarital fertility across Europe since 1960: the role of states and regions in shaping patterns of change
Klüsener, Sebastian; Perelli-Harris, Brienna; Gassen, … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
This paper investigates the role of states and regions in shaping spatial patterns of non-marital fertility in Europe since 1960 using a dataset of 497 European subnational regions and smaller countries. Almost all regions registered substantial nonmarital fertility increases over the last 50...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646132