This paper examines the dispersion of fertility across age and time which has rarely been studied. Using data from the … Human Fertility Database, we examine fertility age schedules by looking at standard deviations in age at first births in … European countries at different stages of fertility postponement. The standard deviation at first birth remained overall …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and … Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological … children and the incidence of childlessness. We find surprising results for Continental Europe: the additional education …

their fertility goals. Some intentions, like moving to a new dwelling, facilitate the realization of birth intentions … achieving their fertility targets in contexts that promote a reconciliation of work and family life. …