In our study we investigate interdependencies between entry into a marital union, childbearing, and migration. We apply … associated with increased marriage risks. Migration is often a part of the family building process: high first-birth propensities …

and childbearing. Unfortunately, one can get estimation bias if one compares childbearing before and after migration from … data confined to migrants, say, as is sometimes done to see whether international migration disrupts fertility. Similar …

Nonmarital childbearing is becoming an increasingly common path to family formation in Spain. The proportion of births … impact of mothers’ unmarried status on birth outcomes changes as nonmarital childbearing shifts from a marginal to a …

childbearing, using a ten percent sample from a longitudinal register data set that covers the entire female population of … effects of a change in female population composition by economic characteristics on the fertility trend were small. …

displayed a corresponding speed-up effect in childbearing for Swedish-born women. This change in behavior is of general interest … since it is clear evidence of a causal effect of a policy change on childbearing behavior. In the present paper, we study …-up of childbearing differed by educational attainment and by country of origin, to see whether some social groups reacted …

scarce. As family formation and childbearing behaviour are inherent components of societal life, they were influenced and … also profound changes in norms, values, beliefs, and attitudes regarding family and childbearing, and these exerted … additional effects on fertility and family trends. To identify such effects, this study pays much attention to the influence of …