References to the second demographic transition (SDT) have increased dramatically in the
past two decades. The SDT predicts unilinear change toward very low fertility and a diversity …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

This article challenges the implicit assumption of many cross-national studies that gender-
role attitudes fall along a single continuum between traditional and egalitarian. The authors …

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most
of these countries, the total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable …

Citing valid as well as questionable evidence, both the media and social scientists have for
decades now portrayed the family as an endangered species: evermore citizens opt for …

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 …

Fertility rates below population replacement level now characterize a broad swath of post-
industrial societies, especially in Southern Europe and East Asia. This article offers a …

This study discusses fertility trends and variation in countries that completed the transition
from high to around-replacement fertility in the 1950s to 1980s, especially in Europe, East …

This study starts from the assumption that the context of opportunities for work-family
balance affects individual attitudes toward gender roles, a main indicator of support for …

Using a regional measure of gender norms from the General Social Surveys and marital
histories from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study explored how gender norms …