Despite empirical evidence that individuals form their fertility preferences by observing social norms and interactions … China Labor-force Dynamics Survey to investigate the association between community-level peer effects and fertility … fertility reduces the preference of wanting only one child by 14.3%, whereas it increases the probability of preferring three …

This article uses China's family planning policies to quantify and explain spillovers in fertility decisions. We test … whether ethnic minorities decreased their fertility in response to the policies, although only the majority ethnic group, the …-specific fertility levels to construct a measure of the negative shock to Han fertility. Combining this measure with variation in the …

subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … rates or on period fertility trends. As in most cases analysed for other developed countries, the main effect of the policy … change was on the tempo of fertility, namely on the spacing of second and third births. …

by prior research. This study investigates how female scientists’ fertility behaviour relates to their childbearing …

the sample. Up to now, very little was known about the fertility behaviour of academic women in Austria, but also in other … modern societies. The current sample - although very selective - will allow new insights in the fertility behaviour and in …