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Fertility of internal migrants: comparison between Austria and Poland

Kulu, Hill - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

Previous research has proposed four competing views on an individual’s fertility following a move from one social context to another. Each view has received support but has also been challenged by literature. This study contributes to the existing discussion on fertility by providing an...

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The effect of moving on union dissolution

Boyle, Paul J.; Kulu, Hill; Cooke, Thomas; Gayle, Vernon; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

This paper examines the effect of migration and residential mobility on union dissolution among married and cohabiting couples. While there is a large, multi-disciplinary literature looking at the determinants of union dissolution in Europe and North America, the possible impact of geographical...

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Migration and fertility: competing hypotheses re-examined

Kulu, Hill - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2003

Competing views exist concerning the impact of geographical mobility on childbearing patterns. Early research shows that internal migrants largely exhibit fertility levels dominant in their childhood environment, while later studies find migrants’ fertility to resemble more closely that of...

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Circular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements

Béguy, Donatien; Bocquier, Philippe; Zulu, Eliya Msiyaphazi - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 20, pp. 549-586

This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually. A circular migration system...

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Divorce risk factors and their variation over time in Spain

Bernardi, Fabrizio; Martínez-Pastor, Juan-Ignacio - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 31, pp. 771-800

the Divorce Law of 1981, during which social and legal barriers to dissolution were many, and one in the period after the …

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Twins or two single children

Walke, Rainer - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 9, pp. 379-390

Based on Swedish register data, we compared the influence of a twin birth on the divorce risk with the influence of the … sequential birth of two single children. The divorce risk for a woman with a very young child was lower than the risk for women …. The influence of twins on the divorce risk appeared to fall between that of a first and a second singleton. …

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Does cohabitation prior to marriage raise the risk of marital dissolution and does this effect vary geographically?

Boyle, Paul J.; Kulu, Hill - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

A number of studies show that premarital cohabitation increases the risk of subsequent marital dissolution. Some argue that this is a consequence of selection effects and that once these are controlled for premarital cohabitation has no effect on dissolution. We extend this research by examining...

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Premarital conception and divorce risk in Russia in light of the GGS data

Jasilioniene, Aiva - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

The paper provides an analysis of divorce risk in first marital unions in Russia, with a major focus on the impact of … first marriage, parity and age of the youngest child, parental divorce, place of residence, religion group and calendar … event history techniques. The results show that marriages induced by pregnancy run a higher divorce risk compared to those …

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Residential mobility and migration of the separated

Peteke, Feijten; Ham, Maarten van - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 21, pp. 623-654

Separation is known to have a disruptive effect on the housing careers of those involved, mainly because a decrease in resources causes (temporary) downward moves on the housing ladder. Little is known about the geographies of the residential mobility behaviour of the separated. Applying a...

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Economic resources and the first child in Italy: A focus on income and job stability

Santarelli, Elisabetta - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 9, pp. 311-336

At the turn of the twentieth century Italy registered a lowest-low fertility level, i.e., a total fertility rate of 1.26 children per woman in 2000. In this paper we investigate whether and how in that period economic resources and, in particular, income and job stability were linked with...

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