fertility, migration, and mortality. Both disciplines share a common research object, namely human populations, and they focus …

Russian fertility. However, many households tried to cope with this situation by engaging in multiple income generating … posi-tive impact on fertility decisions. This paper explores the association between additional em-ployment or subsistence …

While most demographic fertility studies focus on child birth behavior of females, little is known about differences … between males and females fertility behavior. The lack of empirical research about men stems from problems such as linking … (2004) of the cohorts 1924 to 1970, this study provides insights into sex-specific fertility differences, by comparing …

This study links empirical analysis of geographical variations in fertility to ideas of contextualising demography. We … examine whether there are statistically significant clusters of fertility in Scotland between 1981 and 2001, controlling for … more general factors expected to influence fertility. Our hypothesis, that fertility patterns at a local scale cannot be …

This study examines fertility variation across housing types and childbearing patterns after housing changes. While the … various housing types, despite the fact that many studies suggest housing as an important determinant of fertility. We use … longitudinal register data from Finland and apply hazard regression. Firstly, we observe a significant variation in the fertility …

This paper analyzes the relationship between children’s day care and fertility in Germany. First, different modes of … analysis does not reveal any statistically significant effect of childcare availability on fertility. We conclude that the …

fertility on the one, and cohort fertility and key fertility-related behaviors---such as leaving the parental home, marriage and … female labor force participation---on the other side. First, we identify a systematic pattern of lowest-low fertility that is … of first-birth childbearing), and a ``falling behind´´ in cohort fertility at relatively late ages. Second, our analyses …

reconcile family life and employment, not only many women start to work when their child is small, but the fertility is also … available, relatively few mothers enter employment and fertility is low. In addition, we found that in both countries better …