' education from about the secondary level onwards was found to be the only consistently significant covariate. No effect of … community aggregate education was discernible, after controlling for urbanity and other individual-level variables. The results … reinforce previous findings that improving girls' education is a key instrument for raising ages at first birth, but suggest …

reproductive age in Finland in 1988–2000. Results show that a woman’s economic activity and income were positively correlated with … this relationship in the Nordic countries. In the light of Finland’s rollercoaster economic development in the 1990s, the … effects of a change in female population composition by economic characteristics on the fertility trend were small. …

Between 2001 and 2008 Australia’s total fertility increased from 1.73 to 1.96. This period also saw changes to family …. This paper analyses individual-level fertility, using data from a large-scale longitudinal survey and focusing on the …. The effects of education, income, occupation, marital status, age and parity are significant. …

Finland. Our study demonstrates that in addition to the number of pre-union children, coresidence and parentage of pre …-union children also need to be considered in future fertility research. …

from work, any unemployment benefits, and any public support for educational activities. We also have employment trends in … fell in step with municipal employment levels. The effect is especially strong for young women, and the decline in first …

unemployment, are related to the fertility and family formation of women and men in contexts across Europe. It covers studies on …This special collection of Demographic Research is devoted to the issue of how economic and employment uncertainties … relate to fertility and family dynamics in Europe. The collection is based on contributions to a workshop held in Berlin in …

consequences of education level on differences in fertility patterns. The paper will also provide some indication of aspects that …Behind a stable and relatively high fertility level in Norway during the 1990s we find increasing differences in the … pattern of fertility both in regard to the timing of the first childbirth and number of children born. In this paper, data …

Rhine which hamper or foster childbearing in cohabiting unions. Using data from the French and German Family and Fertility …

is a connection between generous public policies that facilitate childbearing and employment, and fertility. Using Norway … sufficient, to sustain fertility at a reasonable level. In particular, adverse macroeconomic conditions and rising unemployment …Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage …