Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data
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 stu...
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| author | Joshua Goldstein Deniz Dilan Karaman Örsal Michaela Kreyenfeld Aiva Jasilioniene |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24f9d2585f87457f9e12d104eaa8835b2022-12-21T19:58:59ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712013-07-01294Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific DataJoshua GoldsteinDeniz Dilan Karaman ÖrsalMichaela KreyenfeldAiva JasilionieneOBJECTIVE 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.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/4/birth orderEuropefertilityuncertaintyunemployment |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Goldstein Deniz Dilan Karaman Örsal Michaela Kreyenfeld Aiva Jasilioniene Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data Demographic Research birth order Europe fertility uncertainty unemployment |
| title | Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data |
| title_full | Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data |
| title_fullStr | Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data |
| title_short | Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data |
| title_sort | fertility reactions to the great recession in europe recent evidence from order specific data |
| topic | birth order Europe fertility uncertainty unemployment |
| url | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol29/4/ |
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