This paper investigates the role of women’s education in the transition to the second child using data from the 1997 … German micro-census. We begin our analysis with a simple model, which shows a positive effect of woman’s education on the … hypothesis, we argue that the positive effect of women’s education can be attributed to a selection effect, i.e. family …

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties …, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at … Rhine which hamper or foster childbearing in cohabiting unions. Using data from the French and German Family and Fertility …

In many surveys, information on respondents’ education histories is restricted to the level and sometimes the date … they attained their highest degree. We compare estimates of education effects on first birth transitions using imputed … Study. We find that imputed histories produce relatively reliable estimates for most but not all education categories …

and their further fertility? We believe that a comparison of third-birth behavior between Norway and West Germany is of …The aim of this paper is to provide insights into third-birth dynamics in West Germany and Norway. Since the third … Germany, and how can they be explained? Which factors have a similar influence on Norwegian and West German two-child mothers …

childcare are strikingly different in France than in Western Germany, reflecting long-standing policy orientations. Attitudes …European countries in which mothers are encouraged to remain in the labour market have higher fertility levels. It is … difficult, however, to link specific policies to fertility increases. We hypothesize that policy changes do not affect fertility …

illuminate how women’s education and employment relates to fertility decisions in societal contexts that support (in the case …The aim of this paper is to compare family policies and fertility patterns in the former German Democratic Republic … of women into the labor market. By contrasting the fertility development in these two societies, this paper aims to …

explanations concerning the low fertility levels in developed countries. This study examines the role of the outsourcing of … household labor and of childcare responsibilities in reducing the incompatibility of women’s roles and in increasing fertility … in the two different institutional and normative contexts of Eastern and Western Germany. Using the German Socio …

This paper uses recently available data from linked pension and employment registers for Germany, which contain … complete fertility histories of women as well as longitudinal information of firm-specific characteristics where these women … fertility behavior. Women who are employed in female-dominated firms have substantially higher first, second and third birth …

in fertility. However, most research on fertility and happiness uses cross-sectional data, hindering causal conclusions … education gain little in happiness from the birth of a child. Women experience stronger pre-birth highs and post-birth drops … than men. These results, which are similar in Britain and Germany, suggest that childbearing increases parental happiness …

and overall fertility levels, non-marital births are the norm in eastern Germany but the exception in western Germany. A … part of Germany and western Germany. Although the demography of these two regions has converged with respect to mortality … number of explanations, stemming from the policy and socio-economic conditions of eastern and western Germany in recent …