This paper documents the fundamental changes in family formation that took place in Europe during the last two decades …-low fertility emerged during the 1990s in the same area, spreading quickly to Central and Eastern Europe. Policies and economic … in turn interact with micro-level ones to shape outcomes. The new demographic regime of Europe is thus likely to persist. …

The discussion on the causes of the most recent fertility decline in Europe, and in particular on the emergence of …

and the formation of a first union. As far as these dimensions of leaving home are concerned, Europe appears to be …