childbearing age, son bias in stated fertility preferences has weakened and there is an emerging preference for gender balance. We …, gender differentials in child mortality, and worse educational investments in daughters versus sons. In the present study, we … analysis, we show that in contrast to stated fertility preferences, actual fertility decisions are still shaped by son …

This paper presents novel causal evidence on the effects of pro-natalist cash transfers on fertility, sex ratio at … total fertility rate in 2015 would have been 4.7% lower without the cash transfers. Surprisingly, the cash transfers had an …

We analyse the effects of changes in parental leave regulations in Austria in 1990, 1996 and 2002 on second and third … subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … rates or on period fertility trends. As in most cases analysed for other developed countries, the main effect of the policy …

Academic women in Austria and Germany have extraordinarily high final levels of childlessness of 45-60%, as documented … by prior research. This study investigates how female scientists’ fertility behaviour relates to their childbearing … ideals and intentions in Austria. It analyses whether high childlessness and low numbers of children are intended or not. By …

We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental … variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact … of being displaced from a career-oriented job has; fertility rates for women affected by a plant closure are …

In the European context Austria's population has a tradition of low fertility. Between the world wars of the 20th … century Austria had the lowest fertility in Europe. It recovered most notably during the 1950s and early 1960s, but has been … which started with women born in the late 1940s. Women born during the 1970s had lower fertility than any previous cohorts …

In this paper we study the separate effects of unemployment and job displace- ment on fertility in a sample of white … collar women in Austria. Using an instru- mental variables approach we show that unemployment incidence as such has no … negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job has. Fertility rates …