In this paper we conduct descriptive aggregate analyses to revisit the relationship of low and
lowest-low period fertility to cohort fertility and key fertility-related behaviour such as leaving …

The 1990s produced a large body of research focusing on the role of social policies in
recent Swedish fertility developments (eg Hoem, 1990; Hoem and Hoem, 1996; 1999; …

The present study provides an investigation of patterns in childbearing among foreign‐born
women in Sweden from the 1960s to the 1990s. Event‐history techniques are applied 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 …

Europeanen stellen het ouderschap steeds verder uit. Vrouwen in Ierland, Italie, Frankrijk,
Nederland, Spanje, Zweden en Zwitserland krijgen hun eerste kind na hun 28-jarige leeftijd …

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

During the last two decades, Sweden has experienced strong fluctuations both in its
economy and in its level of childbearing. A period of high employment and increasing fertility …

This paper examines causality and parameter instability in the long-run relationship
between fertility and women's employment. This is done by a cross-national comparison of …

With the growing prevalence of the dual-earner family model in industrialized countries the
gendered nature of the relationship between employment and parenting has become a key …

This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological
approaches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as family policies, on …