We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …

values transmit into abortion laws. This fertility behaviour determines the time when young women have their first live birth …Religion Predicting Fertility Behaviour of Young Women in Contemporary GermanyReligion in contemporary Germany is … marked by institutionalized outreach as well as increased pluralisation. Religion can thus play a decisive role in fertility …

To assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between high … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated … versus low educated women, I find a positive, statistically significant effect of increased benefits on fertility, driven …

Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …

determinants of fertility can be measured when at risk rather than ex-post, thus helping to reduce the risk of reverse causality … average, a different birth history trajectory, but with negligible curtailment of completed fertility. …