Showing 1 - 10 of 332,502
children and their mothers in low-fertility countries in Europe, North America, Oceania and East Asia. First we analyse the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625365
children and their mothers in low-fertility countries in Europe, North America, Oceania and East Asia. First we analyse the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581389
Parenthood postponement has been a major component of the huge changes in fertility since the 1970s. We are seeking to understand whether the delay in childbearing contributed to lower aggregate fertility levels in Austria, through the study of late fertility intentions. Our study is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855009
-fertility countries in Europe, North America, Australia and East Asia. We decompose the change in cohort fertility in each country among … Europe, where fertility decline was driven primarily by falling second birth rates and the German-speaking countries …, Southern Europe, and East Asia, where the fall in first birth rates (and the corresponding rise in childlessness) had a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011801618
-fertility countries in Europe, North America, Australia and East Asia. We decompose the change in cohort fertility in each country among … Europe, where fertility decline was driven primarily by falling second birth rates and the German-speaking countries …, Southern Europe, and East Asia, where the fall in first birth rates (and the corresponding rise in childlessness) had a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613210
Aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of environmental conditions on human reproductive behavior in the highest industrialized countries. We discuss the hypothesis that individuals fearing for a foreseen unhealthy environment tend to delay or forgo childbearing, thus contributing to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352620
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392755
Aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of environmental conditions on human reproductive behavior in the highest industrialized countries. We discuss the hypothesis that individuals fearing for a foreseen unhealthy environment tend to delay or forgo childbearing, thus contributing to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235970
This paper examines the effect of the timing of childbirth on capital accumulation and welfare in a simple overlapping generations model, where each agent lives for four periods and works for two periods. We show that delayed childbearing not only reduces population, but also generates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325570
Advanced maternal age is associated with negative offspring health outcomes. This interpretation often relies on physiological processes related to aging, such as decreasing oocyte quality. We use a large, population-based sample of American adults to analyze how selection and lifespan overlap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010993317