We use monthly birth data collected by the Human Fertility Database to analyze the impact
of the COVID‐19 pandemic on birth trends until September 2022 in 38 higher‐income …

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 …

Explanations for fertility decisions based on structural constraints—such as labor, housing
condition, or income—do not account for the contemporary fertility downturn faced by many …

The generalized and relatively homogeneous fertility decline across European countries in
the aftermath of the Great Recession poses serious challenges to our knowledge of …

Numerous studies aim to connect negative fertility desires and outcomes with employment
conditions deemed to be uncertain. However, there is a lack of consensus about how to …

During the 2010s, fertility rates fell across the Nordic region. The onset of these declines
seems linked to the Great Recession of 2008–2009, but their continuation cannot easily be …

Mixing peculiar socioeconomic conditions and demographic contexts, urban decline in
Mediterranean Europe was less extensively documented than in other regions of the …

Objective: We aim to investigate how the perceived consequences of COVID-19 affect
people's childbearing intentions in Poland. Background: With the pandemic having an …

This study examines how the exposure to robots and its heterogeneous effects on the labor
market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus on the …

This paper examines the association of opportunity and choice enhancing societal
conditions and perceived autonomy with life satisfaction in Europe. Building on the …