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 norm in eastern Germany but the exception in western Germany. A … number of explanations, stemming from the policy and socio-economic conditions of eastern and western Germany in recent …

Some 20 years after unification, the contrast between East and West Germany provides a unique natural experiment for … of fertility postponement. After unification, fertility rates plummeted in the former East Germany to record low levels … middle of the 1990s, however, period fertility rates have been rising in East Germany, in contrast to the nearly constant …