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 …

This chapter discusses the concept of the second demographic transition (SDT) and its
relevance for explaining the ongoing changes in family and fertility patterns across Europe. It …

Following the era of the 'golden age of marriage'and the baby boom in the 1950s and 1960s,
marriage has declined in importance, and its role as the main institution on which family …

This paper examines fertility and family policies in 15 Central and East European (CEE)
countries to establish firstly, likely directions of cohort fertility trends for the coming decade; …

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various facets of human life,
encompassing the economy, social interactions, and population dynamics such as mortality …

Societal conditions for early and high rates of childbearing were replaced by conditions
generating late and low levels of fertility common in Western countries. Central among …

» Fertilität in Mittel-und Osteuropa nach 1989: Kollaps und graduelle Erholung «. This
contribution looks at the recent transformations of reproductive and family behaviour in …

Some 20 years after reunification, the contrast between East and West Germany offers a
natural experiment for studying the degree of persistence of Communist‐era family patterns …

BACKGROUND Although the association between fertility and education is central to
several theories of fertility behaviour and is frequently explored in empirical work …

Our paper focuses on the realization of fertility intentions, exploring a new aspect of the post-
communist fertility transition. By making use of a follow-up study, it was possible to compare …