The demographic problems in developed countries are getting more and more important. Very low fertility rates … education worsens the situation. Therefore family planning as well as fertility providing and educational measures are of major …

the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to … greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast …, workers in industries that benefited from increased exports had better employment prospects and higher fertility. These …

This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure … competition lead to a shift towards family, with more parental leave and higher fertility as well as more marriages and fewer …−if the worker is a woman. The female biological clock−low fertility beyond the early forties−is central to this gender …

The demographic problems in developed countries are getting more and more important. Very low fertility rates … education worsens the situation. Therefore family planning as well as fertility providing and educational measures are of major …

due to Chinese import competition lead to a move towards family, with higher rates of fertility, parental leave, and …-earning women in their late 30s contribute strongly to the gender difference in fertility because switching to new comparable …

the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to … greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast …, workers in industries that benefited from increased exports had better employment prospects and higher fertility. These …