We study the effect of a reduction in employment protection on fertility decisions. Using data from the Italian Labor … the average change over time in fertility decisions of women employed in large firms with the average change experienced … flexibility have on fertility decisions by increasing insecurity on career prospects. …

Short-term variations in fertility and seasonal patterns of childbearing have been of interest to demographers for a … long time. Presenting our detailed study of period fertility in Austria since 1984, we discuss the problems and advantages … of constructing and analysing various period fertility indicators that reflect real exposure and potentially minimise the …

Micro-level relationships between union formation or dissolution and childbearing have implications for fertility that … variation and change around replacement level fertility. On the one hand, union dissolution reduces opportunities for conceiving …' children. The balance between these two opposing forces and their implications for fertility levels is unknown and will depend …

subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … rates or on period fertility trends. As in most cases analysed for other developed countries, the main effect of the policy … change was on the tempo of fertility, namely on the spacing of second and third births. …