We develop a new directed-search model of fertility and marriage, and apply it to two empirical problems: the rise in … data, to explore the impact of marital prospects on the fertility decisions of unmarried women. We find that the decline …

equilibrium response, in a life-cycle matching model, of marriage hazards to war-time fertility and male-mortality shocks. Our …

children as old-age economic security, discouraging fertility. In particular, this fact may explain the contemporaneity of the … political economy research these effects have been ignored, as the fertility choice is usually considered exogenous. This paper … pension systems, because as the family structure becomes weaker the fertility decreases, thus reducing the profitability of …

Prognoserechnungen für die Bevölkerung werden in Deutschland von verschiedenen Institutionen auf wechselnden räumlichen …

als Basis der Vorausberechnung der Bevölkerung in Deutschland bis 2060. Ihre Berechnungen zeigen, dass der zukünftige … Bevölkerungsrückgang in Deutschland kaum abwendbar ist, selbst wenn hohe positive Wanderungssalden unterstellt werden. Da die …

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 … in the two different institutional and normative contexts of Eastern and Western Germany. Using the German Socio …