, West Germany, and the UK (1994-2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among … effect on the propensity to have a first child in Germany and the UK, where institutional settings aggravate work … does not, however, generally apply to French women or to highly educated women in Germany and the UK, who, when unemployed …

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) allows for taking into account two political regimes and …

fertility behavior and productivity growth. They present theoretical arguments to the effect that public pension coverage as … such will reduce aggregate fertility and may raise aggregate household savings. They argue further that public pensions, as … the policies under discussion. Their policy proposals to address declines in fertility and productivity growth include the …