The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …

among the decisions on marriage, fertility and divorce. …

also an increase in both divorce and cohabitation and a decline - albeit non-significant - in the number of marriages …. While there was no change in the overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in nonmarital … relative prospects of men may reduce their marriage-market value and affect marital and fertility behavior. …

high rates of separation and unmarried cohabitation. Objective: To situate (biological) childlessness in longitudinal … cohabitation near age 40; 2) Briefly Cohabited (25%), characterized by mostly living single after a brief cohabitation spell; 3 …) Cohabitors, Often Serial (19%), marked by typically discontinuous cohabitation; and 4) Married (11%). The Never-Partnered cluster …

cohabitation. While there was no change in overall fertility rate, marital fertility declined, and there was an increase in out …

marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship … born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while …

household production. Unobserved self-selection plays a less important role. -- Fertility ; marriage ; cohabitation ; switching … explain the difference in fertility between these two groups using a switching regression analysis, which enables us to …