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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2006

Special Issue: Postponement of childbearing in Europe

Guest editors: Francesco C. Billari, Dimiter Philipov, Aart C. Liefbroer

The 2006 issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research focuses on delayed childbearing and its impact on fertility trends. It explores causes, trends and implications of later reproduction, discusses policy options and responses as well as the likely future continuation of the shift to later parenthood. The contributions include studies analysing trends to later childbearing, their drivers and implications (articles by Billari et al., Bernhard and Goldscheider, Testa and Toulemon), novel theoretical perspectives (the “low fertility trap hypothesis” by Lutz et al.), methodological contributions (Bongaarts and Feeney’s article on the tempo and quantum of life cycle events), as well as a modelling study on the limits of fertility postponement (Goldstein’s contribution). The volume also features an empirical assessment of the link between age and ability to conceive (Rizzi and Rosina), and analyses the health consequences of delayed motherhood for children (Matsuo). Two contributions (by van de Kaa and McDonald critically assess pronatalist policies and available policy options.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2006

Details

ISSN1728-4414
ISSN Online1728-5303
ISBN-13978-3-7001-3808-2
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-3865-5
Subject Area
Quality review -
doi10.1553/populationyearbook2006
Wolfgang Lutz

Preface

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Introduction

Francesco C. Billari, Aart C. Liefbroer, Dimiter Philipov

The Postponement of Childbearing in Europe: Driving Forces and Implications

1

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Research Articles

Eva Bernhardt, Frances Goldscheider

Gender Equality, Parenthood Attitudes, and First Births in Sweden

19

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Maria Rita Testa, Laurent Toulemon

Family Formation in France: Individual Preferences and Subsequent Outcomes

41

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Ester Rizzi, Allessandro Rossina

Does Sex Matter? Ageing and Ability to Conceive

77

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Hideko Matsuo

The Postponement of Motherhood and its Child Health Consequences: Birth Weight and Weight Gain during the First Year of Life

91

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John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney

The Quantum and Tempo of Life-Cycle Events

115

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Joshua R. Goldstein

How Late Can First Births Be Postponed? Some Illustrative Population-level Calculations

153

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2006s153

Wolfgang Lutz, Vegard Skirbekk, Maria Rita Testa

The Low Fertility Trap Hypothesis. Forces that May Lead to Further Postponement and Fewer Births in Europe

167

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Dirk J. van de Kaa

Temporarily New: On Low Fertility and the Prospect of Pro-natal Policies

193

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Peter McDonald

An Assessment of Policies that Support Having Children from the Perspectives of Equity, Efficiency and Efficacy

213

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2006s213