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Fertility Decisions in the FRG and GDR: An Analysis with Data from the German Fertility and Family Survey
NNN1Kreyenfeld, FFF1Michaela - In: Demographic Research Special Collections 3 (2004) 11, pp. 275-318
The aim of this paper is to compare family policies and fertility patterns in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the German Federal Republic (FRG). Among other aspects, both societies particularly differed in the integration of women into the labor market. By contrasting the...
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Do imputed education histories provide satisfactory results in fertility analysis in the Western German context?
Zabel, Cordula - In: Demographic Research 21 (2009) 6, pp. 135-176
In many surveys, information on respondents’ education histories is restricted to the level and sometimes the date they attained their highest degree. We compare estimates of education effects on first birth transitions using imputed histories based on this rudimentary information with...
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Time Squeeze, Partner Effect or Self-Selection?
Kreyenfeld, Michaela - In: Demographic Research 7 (2002) 2, pp. 15-48
This paper investigates the role of women’s education in the transition to the second child using data from the 1997 German micro-census. We begin our analysis with a simple model, which shows a positive effect of woman’s education on the transition rate to the second child for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700029
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Gender roles and values of children: Childless Couples in East and West Germany
Henz, Ursula - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 39, pp. 1451-1500
analysis of panel data for West Germany shows that for women, first-birth rates depended on the value of children and on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700107
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Against all odds: fathers’ use of parental leave in Germany
Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009
This paper investigates fathers’ usage of parental leave in Germany based on data from the microcenses 1999-2005. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700119
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Lifetime earnings and life expectancy
Gaudecker, Hans-Martin von; Scholz, Rembrandt D. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006
entirely nonparametric. Furthermore, the data enable us to compare life expectancy in eastern and western Germany conditional … find similar values for East and West. Our analysis contributes to the literature in several aspects. First, Germany is … Germany may provide some interesting insights for transformation countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700122
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Gender preferences for children revisited: new evidence from Germany
Hank, Karsten; Kohler, Hans-Peter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002
one daughter is generally favoured, there is no evidence for a behaviourally relevant gender preference in Germany, when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700139
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Crisis or adaptation reconsidered: a comparison of East and West German fertility patterns in the first six years after the ´Wende´
Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002
Similar to other Eastern European countries, East Germany experienced a rapid decline in period fertility rates after … fertility behavior in East and West Germany. Secondly, we use data from the German micro-census to analyze the fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700148
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Institutional arrangements and life course outcomes: the interrelations between cohabitation, marriage and first birth in Germany and Sweden
Baizán, Pau; Aassve, Arnstein; Billari, Francesco C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002
Germany and Sweden. Our results show a significant presence of correlated unobserved factors that affect both partnership … Sweden than in Germany, in particular for cohabitation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700154
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Verfahren zur Korrektur der Bevölkerungsbestände der amtlichen Statistik im hohen Alter
Scholz, Rembrandt D.; Jdanov, Dmitri A. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007
Mit den Daten der Rentenversicherung lassen sich die Bevölkerungsbestände der amtlichen Statistik im hohen Alter korrigieren. Die Korrektur wird notwendig, da die Mortalitätsschätzung im hohen Alter zu nicht plausiblen Ergebnissen führt. Es zeigt sich, dass die Bevölkerungsfortschreibung...
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