This paper investigates the role of states and regions in shaping spatial patterns of non-marital fertility in Europe … substantial nonmarital fertility increases over the last 50 years. Prior research by Watkins (1991) has shown that in the first … continue to play such a dominant role in delineating patterns of nonmarital fertility between 1960 and 2007. We find that …

and overall fertility levels, non-marital births are the norm in eastern Germany but the exception in western Germany. A … decades, have been put forth. Here, we show that the divide in demographic behavior regarding fertility and marriage pre … German Democratic Republic had in average roughly twice the level of non-marital fertility from at least since the middle of …

relate to fertility and family dynamics in Europe. The collection is based on contributions to a workshop held in Berlin in … unemployment, are related to the fertility and family formation of women and men in contexts across Europe. It covers studies on …

There are already several documented examples of recent increases in cohort fertility in Scandinavia, but for most … countries, cohorts are too young to see if cohort fertility has increased. We produce new estimates of completed cohort … fertility for cohorts born in the 1970s. We combine the best of previous efforts, using cohort forecasting methods to preserve …

fertility, marriage, migration, and social mobility. …

characterized recent fertility trends in Russia. These were intrinsically interwoven with fundamental changes in all aspects of life … of young people in the 1990s and the 2000s. The past quarter century was also marked by concern with low fertility and … attempts to increase fertility in the early 1980s and the late 2000s. The family policies of the 1980s failed to raise …

This paper gives an overview of fertility data for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Particular attention is given to … the availability of order-specific fertility data. We discuss the quality of data provided by the Statistical Offices … to generate order-specific fertility indicators, and compare fertility estimates across surveys with estimates from vital …

in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? Setting aside the “lighthearted†side … the many “preliminary questions†that we have to ponder before responding: Why should fertility be raised? Are … countries where fertility is the highest. This is the evidence-based response that we can give to that question. European …

question: Should governments in Europe push much more aggressively for gender equality to raise fertility? The four debaters …

the paper in details, and thereby also a rationale for a positive impact of increased gender equality on fertility. As the … dual-earner family is here to stay, and given the well-known negative consequences of long-term very low fertility for a …