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The Gap between Lifetime Fertility Intentions and Completed Fertility in Europe and the United States: A Cohort Approach
Beaujouan, Éva; Berghammer, Caroline - 2017
We study the aggregate gap between intended and actual fertility in 20 countries in Europe and the United States, adopting a cohort approach that differs from the period approach widely used in prior research. We compare the mean intended number of children and percentage intending to be...
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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423987
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Late, But Not Too Late? Postponement of First Birth Among Highly Educated US Women
Nitsche, Natalie; Brückner, Hannah - In: European Journal of Population 37 (2020) 2, pp. 371-403
nexus noted in demographic and biomedical research is especially relevant for women who pursue postgraduate education … because of the potential overlap of education completion, early career stages, and family formation. The results show that … women with postgraduate education differ from women with college education in terms of the timing of the first birth …
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