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Family, money, and health: regional differences in the determinants of life cycle life satisfaction

Margolis, Rachel; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle …. Globally, these factors explain a substantial fraction of happiness, increasing from 12 percent in young adulthood to 15 … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

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The long-standing demographic East-West-divide in Germany

Klüsener, Sebastian; Goldstein, Joshua R. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

Over the last decades numerous studies have dealt with demographic differences between the former communist eastern part of Germany and western Germany. Although the demography of these two regions has converged with respect to mortality and overall fertility levels, non-marital births are the...

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How policy matters: Germany’s parental leave benefit reform and fathers’ behavior 1999-2009

Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

In 2007, Germany enacted a radical new parental leave benefit scheme that grants parents 67 percent of their previous income, and includes two “daddy months.” In this paper, we use data from the German Microcensus for the period 1999 to 2009 to explore how this reform has changed fathers’...

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Gendering the family composition: sex preferences for children and childbearing behavior in the Nordic countries

Andersson, Gunnar; Hank, Karsten; Rønsen, Marit; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

It has been argued recently that a society’s ‘gender system’ influences parents’ sex preferences for children. If this was true, one should expect to find no evidence of such preferences in countries with a high level of gender equality. In this paper we exploit population register data...

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Fertilität, Familiengründung und Familienerweiterung in den nordischen Ländern

Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar; Hoem, Jan M.; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Geburtenentwicklung in den nordischen Ländern seit den 1970er Jahren und den Wirkungen familienpolitischer Maßnahmen auf die Fertilitätsentwicklung. Basis der Analysen bilden Auswertungen harmonisierter Registerdaten Dänemarks, Finnlands, Norwegens...

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The impact of union formation dynamics on first births in West Germany and Italy: are there signs of convergence?

Billari, Francesco C.; Kohler, Hans-Peter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2000

In this paper we investigate the changing impact of union formation on the transition to parenthood in West Germany and Italy using FFS data. We first draw attention to overall cohort patterns in union formation and first births and then describe the mutual relationships between union formation,...

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Welfare state context, female earnings and childbearing

Andersson, Gunnar; Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Mika, Tatjana - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009

This paper investigates the role of female earnings in childbearing decisions in two very different European contexts. By applying event history techniques to German and Danish register data during 1981-2001, we demonstrate how female earnings relate to first, second and third birth rates. Our...

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Seasonal mortality in Denmark: the role of sex and age

Rau, Roland; Doblhammer, Gabriele - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2003

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Settlement size and fertility in the Nordic countries

Kulu, Hill; Vikat, Andres; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

There is a growing body of literature that looks at the causes of below-replacement fertility in developed countries. While the variation in childbearing patterns across countries and between socio-economic groups within a country has been studied in detail, little is known about the differences...

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Fertility and family configurations in Sardinia

Bernardi, Laura; Oppo, Anna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

In this paper we argue that the strength of intergenerational relationships in Italy is one important element in understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be understood in light of the wider context of normative...

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