demographic transformation in the past twenty years. On many dimensions of fertility and family formation, much of the region now … looks like Western Europe-below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and … increasing out-of-wedlock birthrates, characterize many countries formerly distinguished by replacement-level fertility and early …

The decisions of parents following the birth of their first child concerning subsequent fertility, and the stability of …-International inventory around 2000 and 2010, we examine the effect of the gender of the first-born child(ren) on the fertility and …

fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and … independently from fertility decline. Finally, we assess the state and quality of evidence of these relationships and propose …

; fertility ; transitional economies ; Poland ; panel data …

In this paper we study the decline in total fertility rates in the Czech Republic during the transition process. To … and fertility survey of 1998. In a standard duration analysis setting the model allows for time-dependence of information … negative influence of higher education on fertility, and through the apparent lack of adequate childcare facilities. …

corresponding drop in fertility. This is contrary to the robust negative relationship between income and fertility that has been … extensively documented. This paper presents a theoretical model that explains the positive relationship between fertility and … income. The model predicts that: i) the perceived level of subsistence consumption fundamentally determines whether fertility …

In this paper we study the decline in total fertility rates in the Czech Republic during the transition process. To … and fertility survey of 1998. In a standard duration analysis setting the model allows for time-dependence of information … negative influence of higher education on fertility, and through the apparent lack of adequate childcare facilities …

The ten countries with the fastest shrinking population are all located in Eastern Europe, with low fertility as one of … behind the postsocialist fertility decline. We argue that privatization is linked to lower fertility by catalyzing … company privatization is significantly associated with the postsocialist fertility decline. The observed level of …