We investigate the determinants of the fertility decline in Europe from 1830 to 1970 using a newly constructed dataset … new fertility behavior from French-speaking regions to the rest of Europe. We observe that societies with higher education … of linguistic distances between European regions. We find that the fertility decline resulted from a gradual diffusion of …

Europe and the potential convergence in the impact of employment on fertility behaviours across European countries …Although evidence suggests a correlation between fertility and employment, comparative studies on this topic are …. Furthermore, the study asks whether the relationship between employment and fertility is changing similarly across European …