Fertility reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent evidence from order-specific data
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Standard
In: Demographic Research, Vol. 29, 4, 10.07.2013, p. 85-104.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Fertility reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe
T2 - Recent evidence from order-specific data
AU - Goldstein, Joshua R.
AU - Kreyenfeld, Michaela
AU - Jasilioniene, Aiva
AU - Karaman Örsal, Deniz
PY - 2013/7/10
Y1 - 2013/7/10
N2 - Objective: This paper provides recent cross-national evidence of the impact of the great recession on fertility in Europe in the context of the recent decade.Methods: Using data from the Human Fertility Database (HFD), from Eurostat, and from the OECD database, we employ fixed-effects modeling to study how changes in unemployment rates have affected birth rates across Europe.Results: We find that countries that were hit hard by the recession show reduced fertility when compared with a continuation of recent trends, especially at younger ages.Conclusions: Our results indicate a strong relationship between economic conditions and fertility. However, there is variation by region, age, and parity suggesting the importance of life course and institutional factors.
AB - Objective: This paper provides recent cross-national evidence of the impact of the great recession on fertility in Europe in the context of the recent decade.Methods: Using data from the Human Fertility Database (HFD), from Eurostat, and from the OECD database, we employ fixed-effects modeling to study how changes in unemployment rates have affected birth rates across Europe.Results: We find that countries that were hit hard by the recession show reduced fertility when compared with a continuation of recent trends, especially at younger ages.Conclusions: Our results indicate a strong relationship between economic conditions and fertility. However, there is variation by region, age, and parity suggesting the importance of life course and institutional factors.
KW - Economics, empirical/statistics
KW - Demographie
KW - Gender and Diversity
KW - Fertilität
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/bfaee37c-7d29-3109-a585-68a2f1d6a294/
U2 - 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.4
DO - 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.4
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 29
SP - 85
EP - 104
JO - Demographic Research
JF - Demographic Research
SN - 1435-9871
M1 - 4
ER -