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Spatial variation in household structures in 19th-century Germany
Szoltysek, Mikolaj; Gruber, Siegfried; Klüsener, Sebastian - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010
Historical Germany represents a perfect laboratory for studying interregional demographic differences, yet the historical family structures in this part of the European continent remain largely unexplored. This study seeks to fill this gap by documenting the variability of living arrangements...
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Revisiting the mortality of France and Italy with the multiple-cause-of-death approach
Desesquelles, Aline; Salvatore, Michele Antonio; Frova, … - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 28, pp. 771-806
In this paper, we use the multiple cause-of-death approach to compare the mortality profiles of France and Italy in 2003. Our analysis leads to a substantial re-evaluation of the role played by certain conditions in the process leading to death. Regarding the associations of causes, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684784
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The early socioeconomic effects of teenage childbearing
Lee, Dohoon - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 25, pp. 697-736
A large body of literature has documented a negative correlation between teenage childbearing and teen mothers’ socioeconomic outcomes, yet researchers continue to disagree as to whether the association represents a true causal effect. This article extends the extant literature by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685091
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From transfers to capital: analyzing the Spanish demand for wealth using NTA
Romero, Miguel Sánchez; Patxot, Concepció; Renteria, … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010
Inter- and intra-family transfers are a very important part of our daily economic activity. These transfers, whether familial or public, may influence our economic decisions to the same extent that financial markets do. In this paper, we seek to understand how the Spanish stock of capital will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685092
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The impact of unemployment on the transition to parenthood
Özcan, Berkay; Mayer, Karl Ulrich; Luedicke, Joerg - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 29, pp. 807-846
This paper seeks to advance our understanding about the impact of unemployment on fertility. From a theoretical perspective, both negative and positive effects might be expected. Existing empirical studies have produced contradictory results, partly because of varying institutional contexts, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685264
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Asking God about the date you will die: HIV testing as a zone of uncertainty in rural Malawi
Kaler, Amy; Watkins, Susan - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 32, pp. 905-932
Testing for HIV is becoming more available in Africa. Global advocates of testing see it as key to AIDS prevention. However, testing is not always perceived as a good thing by people at risk. Here, we consider testing from the perspective of people in a high-prevalence community. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693450
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Beyond the local marriage market
Maas, Ineke; Zijdeman, Richard - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 33, pp. 933-962
geographically heterogamous marriage as well as the distance over which heterogamous marriages took place. Furthermore, we study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693451
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Premarital cohabitation and divorce: Support for the "Trial Marriage" Theory?
Kulu, Hill; Boyle, Paul - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 31, pp. 879-904
unobserved selectivity of cohabiters and non-cohabiters. Our results show that those who cohabit prior to marriage have a higher … dissolution for those who cohabit prior to marriage are significantly lower than for those who marry directly. The finding that … premarital cohabitation decreases the risk of marital separation provides support for the "trial marriage" theory. …
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The implications of marital instability for a woman’s fertility: Empirical evidence from Italy
Meggiolaro, Silvia; Ongaro, Fausta - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 34, pp. 963-996
marriage) influences the risk of a post-dissolution birth among separated women; and (2) how the experience of a marital …-dissolution childbearing; (ii) significant differences in the risk of having a child following the dissolution of a marriage are present only …€”of the fertility lost with the dissolution of the first marriage. …
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Family life in power couples.
Dribe, Martin; Stanfors, Maria - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 30, pp. 847-878
This article studies continued childbearing and union stability among "power couples," or dual-career couples. The determinants of these events are analysed multivariately using longitudinal data on couples from population registers in Sweden, 1991–2005. Power couples are identified using...
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