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A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany
Mulder, Clara; Clark, William A.V.; Wagner, Michael - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 17, pp. 565-592
We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany. Using longitudinal survey data, we examine the transitions of leaving home to live with and without a partner. We find that,...
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Marriage over space and time among male migrants from Cameroon to Germany
Fleischer, Annett - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008
’s marriage strategies. Diminishing options for legalising their status in Germany by other means make Cameroonians increasingly … dependent on sustaining a three-year marriage to a German wife. Mainly based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Cameroon and … Germany, the present article explores the distribution of marriage over space and time as a means of securing the right to …
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Illegalisierung, Legalisierung und Familienbildungsprozesse: am Beispiel Kameruner MigrantInnen in Deutschland
Fleischer, Annett - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007
Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Lebens- und Arbeitssituation von „illegalisierten Kameruner MigrantInnen“ in Deutschland. Neben der Analyse von Wegen in die Illegalität liegt der Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung auf den Möglichkeiten der Legalisierung des Aufenthaltsstatus. Die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818226
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Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany
Goff, Jean-Marie Le - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 18, pp. 593-624
Survey, we apply event history modeling to the transition to marriage and first birth. Our results indicate a polarization of … in France there is a polarization in a "marriage sector" and a "cohabiting sector". …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163215
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On the tempo and quantum of first marriages in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
Winkler-Dworak, Maria; Engelhardt, Henriette - In: Demographic Research 10 (2004) 9, pp. 231-264
Period marriage rates have been falling dramatically in most industrial societies since the beginning of the 1970s. As … has been shown in the literature, part of this decline is due to the postponement of marriage to later ages. However, the … the change in female first marriage rates can be attributed to tempo effects caused by changes in the mean age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163218
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Institutional arrangements and life course outcomes: the interrelations between cohabitation, marriage and first birth in Germany and Sweden
Baizán, Pau; Aassve, Arnstein; Billari, Francesco C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002
We study the link between institutional arrangements and fertility, focusing on how institutions affect the nexus between partnership formation and fertility. We apply simultaneous hazard models to family and fertility survey data for Germany and Sweden. Our results show a significant presence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700154
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Parental benefits improve parental well-being: evidence from a 2007 policy change in Germany
Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
Family policies aim to influence fertility and labor force participation, and support families. However, often only fertility and labor supply are considered in policy evaluations. For example, the 2007 extension of parental leave benefits in Germany is generally considered unsuccessful because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851042
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Economic stress or random variation? Revisiting german reunification as a natural experiment to investigate the effect of economic contraction on sex ratios at birth
Schnettler, Sebastian; Klüsener, Sebastian - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
The economic stress hypothesis (ESH) suggests that economic decline leads to a decrease in the proportion of males born in a population. A multitude of additional influences on sex ratios that often cannot be accounted for empirically make assessing the validity of the ESH difficult. Thus, as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851045
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Normative and allocation role strain: role incompatibility, outsourcing, and the transition to a second birth in Eastern and Western Germany
Raz-Yurovich, Liat - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
The challenges women face in reconciling their work and family responsibilities are at the heart of current 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851048
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Geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsmarktsegregation und Geburtenverhalten: neue Befunde auf Basis der „Biografiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland“ (BASiD)...
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Vatterrott, Anja - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
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 have been employed. It is examined how occupational sex...
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