Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 7,045
Cover Image
Does the kin orientation of a British woman’s social network influence her entry into motherhood?
Mathews, Paul; Sear, Rebecca - In: Demographic Research 28 (2013) 11, pp. 313-340
fertility behaviour in this population. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132855
Cover Image
Family policies in the context of low fertility and social structure
Fent, Thomas; Diaz, Belinda Aparicio; Prskawetz, Alexia - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 37, pp. 963-998
an agent-based model to analyse the impact of policies on individual fertility decisions and on fertility at the … effect of family policies (the alleviation of resource constraints) from the indirect effect (the diffusion of fertility … and proportional policies have a positive and significant impact on fertility. In addition, the specific characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711754
Cover Image
When the group encourages extramarital sex
Coma, Julia Cordero - In: Demographic Research 28 (2013) 30, pp. 849-880
Understanding the determinants of men’s extramarital sexual relations, which account for a relevant share of concurrent sexual partnerships, is an important research subject. This article focuses on examining how married men’s behavior is influenced by the fidelity norm. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132865
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
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
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 the incompatibility of women’s roles and in increasing fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851048
Cover Image
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
complete fertility histories of women as well as longitudinal information of firm-specific characteristics where these women … fertility behavior. Women who are employed in female-dominated firms have substantially higher first, second and third birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851051
Cover Image
Patterns of reproductive behavior in transitional Italy
Breschi, Marco; Fornasin, Alessio; Manfredini, Matteo - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 44, pp. 1227-1260
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851066
Cover Image
White-Hispanic differences in meeting lifetime fertility intentions in the U.S.
Hartnett, Caroline - In: Demographic Research 30 (2014) 43, pp. 1245-1276
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851068
Cover Image
Family dynamics and housing
Mulder, Clara - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 14, pp. 355-378
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851073