Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2017 Special issue on Education and fertility in low-fertility settings
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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2017 Special issue on Education and fertility in low-fertility settings
ISSN 1728-4414
Print Edition ISSN 1728-5305 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8152-1 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8324-2 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2017
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2017 2018, 24x17cm, broschiert
Maria Rita Testa,
Fabian Stephany
S. 293 - 330 doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2017s293 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2017s293
Abstract: Unlike achieved fertility, fertility intentions are often positively correlated with education. However, the conditions under which such a positive relationship exists are not yet well known. Using 86 pieces of research covering 13 European countries that were published between 1990 and 2011, we assess in a quantitative manner the temporal and cross-country variation in the relationship between educational attainment and reproductive intentions. Because of the sequential nature of reproductive decisions and the gendered nature of each individual’s life course, we look separately at childless women and women with one child, and compare women with men. Our findings show that both first and second birth intentions and educational attainment are positively correlated, but that this relationship – which is stronger for men than for women – tends to disappear when the normative value of a two-child family is reached. Structural labour market characteristics explain a good portion of the cross-country variance: the educational slope of first and second birth intentions is steeper in countries with large shares of women in vulnerable employment situations or in part-time employment, and is flatter in countries with gender-equal labour force participation and large shares of women in highly qualified employment. Published Online: 2018/06/18 11:09:20 Document Date: 2018/06/18 07:09:00 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003905ff Rights: .
Introduction: education and fertility in low-fertility settings
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |