This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between fertility and a direct measure of poverty for … Indonesia, a country, which has experienced unprecedented economic growth and sharp fertility declines over recent decades. It … focuses on illustrating the sensitivity of the effect of fertility on household consumption with respect to the equivalence …

examine the importance of social interactions in fertility outcomes by assessing family members’ scope of influence on their … fellow kin’s fertility behavior. With the unique KASS genealogical dataset from eight countries in Europe, we study the … effects of family members’ fertility outcomes on individual fertility to assess the presence and the extent of inter …

fertility, marriage, migration, and social mobility. …

studies. It is possible that individual stunting risks are also raised by high fertility in the community, partly because of … the impact of aggregate fertility on the local economy, but this issue has not been addressed in earlier investigations … idea that a child’s stunting risk may be raised by high fertility in the community. …

first child. The analyses are based on a subsample of the German Generations and Gender Survey. For men we found a direct …

in fertility. However, most research on fertility and happiness uses cross-sectional data, hindering causal conclusions … most among those who postpone and have more resources. This recipe for happiness is highly consistent with the fertility … fertility. …

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 … Germany, the U.K., France, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, and Israel. …