The rise in educational enrolment is often cited as a possible cause of the trend to later
childbearing in developed societies but direct evidence of its contribution to the aggregate …

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 …

After decades of fertility postponement, we investigate recent changes in late parenthood
across low‐fertility countries in the light of observations from the past. We use long series of …

In her 2004 presidential address to the Population Association of American, Sara
McLanahan argued that in the USA and other Western countries, the second demographic …

Delayed parenthood is a central feature of the massive transformation of family and
reproduction in rich countries. We analyse the shift of motherhood towards later reproductive …

BACKGROUND Increased postponement of fertility, especially among higher-educated
women, means it is important to know whether women recuperate births at older ages, but …

We show that there is substantial heterogeneity in women's labor supply elasticities at the
micro level and highlight the implications for aggregate behavior. We consider both …

In the 2010s, fertility has declined in the Nordic countries, most strikingly in Finland, and first
births drive the decline. It remains unclear whether this decline results from decreased …

In the last decades, European societies have experienced changes in the postponement of
the age of having a first child, shrinking family size, and increased (in) voluntary …

Background Socioeconomic inequalities are increasingly recognised as an important public
health issue, although their role in the leading causes of mortality in urban areas in Europe …