With the adjustment of China's fertility policy, the topic of women's fertility has attracted much
attention. In particular, urban women face a difficult choice between family and work. This …

We study the aggregate gap between intended and actual fertility in 19 European countries
and the US based on a cohort approach. This complements prior research that had mainly …

People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. these
changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the realization that an …

Despite a long tradition of studying the relationship between education and fertility outcomes
less is known about how educational differences in fertility intentions are formed and …

Increasing shares of European women are making large investments in their human capital.
Whether and to what extent these investments are in conflict with reproductive behaviour are …

In previous research I have theorised that there is a three-step motivational sequence that
drives fertility behaviour, beginning with motivational traits, continuing with fertility desires …

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in the interest in family size intentions and ideals
in developed societies, partially stemming from the idea that realized fertility in these …

BACKGROUND The vast majority of demographic studies have approached and
operationalised the notion of economic uncertainty using snapshot indicators. Hence, the …

FROM RYDER'S (1973)“cloudy future” to Lee's (1980)“moving target,” the malleable nature
of fertility preferences is widely accepted; however, tools for conceptualizing and measuring …

REPRO is an acronym for “Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective”, a
project funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme. The pr oject …