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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - 2016
How does a negative labor demand shock impact individual-level fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the … East German fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Exploiting di erential pressure for restructuring … an impact on completed fertility. …
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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - 2018
How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …. Thus, the demand shock did not only depress the aggregate fertility level but also changed the composition of mothers. My …
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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 54 (2018), pp. 210-224
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Does Economic Uncertainty Have an Impact on Decisions to Bear Children? Evidence from Eastern Germany
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2002
took place in a concentrated period of time. Among the latter was a sharp fall in fertility rates, leading to a growing …
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Permanent changes in the wage structure and the East German fertility crisis : conference paper
Arntz, Melanie; Gathmann, Christina - 2014 - This version: February 14, 2014
After the fall of the Berlin wall, the total fertility rate in East Germany tumbled from 1.7 (1989) to a stunning 0 … suggest that women postpone fertility when the wage penalty for time off work in the current period are high; and the … fertility decline and demonstrate that incentives in the labor market have a strong influence on fertility decisions. …
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Economic uncertainty, parental selection, and children's educational outcomes
Chevalier, Arnaud; Marie, Olivier - 2015
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …
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Television and family demography: Evidence from a natural experiment in East Germany
Hartmann, Sven Alfred - 2024
This paper examines the causal effects of television exposure on individual decisions regarding marriage, divorce, and family planning by utilizing a natural experiment in the German Democratic Republic during the period of German division. I exploit the fact that individuals in some East German...
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Out-of-partnership births in East and West Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2019
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011989116
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Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and Children's Educational Outcomes
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2015
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023394
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Out-of-Partnership Births in East and West Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2019
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870233