fertile phase experience high unemployment rates. Based on these facts we investigate how marriage and fertility decisions in … countries like Spain. At the same time fertility is relatively low in the most concerned countries whereas those in their … likely to marry when they are unemployed during recession. Although we find effects on marriage we cannot observe any effects …

This paper examines the effects of a major change in German parental transfer system on fertility. I use the largely …-order fertility. Given the recent introduction, this paper evaluates short-run responses by using data from the German Microcensus …-run fertility responses are less pronounced and vary with potential earnings. The heterogeneity is in line with the structure of …

Using an epidemiological approach, we study the cultural influence on fertility outcomes of first- and second … fertility rates from the year of migration, survey measures of fertility norms and cohort fertility rates from the year of birth … identification. We find a statistically significant, sizeable and robust impact of country-of-origin fertility rates on fertility …

Der zuletzt durch die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise dramatisch beendete Aufschwung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland … sowie eine erneute Ausweitung prekärer Arbeitsverhältnisse hinnehmen mussten und das Armutsrisiko in Deutschland immer …