This article reviews research on the effects of economic recessions on fertility in the
developed world. We study how economic downturns, as measured by various indicators …

Religious affiliation as a determinant of demographic behavior is receiving renewed
attention in demography. Interest in the role of cultural factors in affecting fertility and a …

The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm explores the ongoing strength and insidious grip of couple-
normativity across changing landscapes of law, policy and everyday life in four contrasting …

This article explores the implications of the recent trends and projections of the ethnic or
foreign-origin populations of selected European countries. It suggests that if the composition …

At the end of the 19 th century several French scholars noted that a remarkable change was
taking place in the population of their country. The number of children per family declined …

Between 1998 and 2008 European countries experienced the first continent‐wide increase
in the period total fertility rate (TFR) since the 1960s. After discussing period and cohort …

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 …

In 2001, more than half of Europe's population lived in countries with a total fertility rate
(TFR) at or below 1.3. Use of the adjusted TFR proposed by Bongaarts and Feeney, which …

The demographic transition in Russia was accelerated by several social cataclysms during
the “Soviet type” modernization. Frequent changes in the timing of births and marriages …

We use survey data from Bulgaria and Hungary to investigate the determinants of whether
women intend to have a first or a second child and, if so, whether they intend to have the …