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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026

Special issue: Delayed reproduction

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The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research is an open access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research. Besides Research articles and Review articles, the journal includes Data and Trends contributions, which analyse changes in population dynamics or present databases and data infrastructure. It also features Perspectives articles, which focus on ideas, concepts or theories, as well as invited Debates reflecting on selected questions and issues. Since 2008, the volumes have been devoted to selected themes following special calls for thematic issues.

The 2026 volume of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research brings together a diverse set of contributions examining delayed reproduction as a defining feature of contemporary demographic change. The papers explore how later transitions to parenthood reshape reproductive trajectories, fertility intentions and birth outcomes for individuals and societies. Particular emphasis is placed on heterogeneities and inequalities by educational background, migration status, and place of residence. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches and drawing on data from Europe, the Americas, and Asia, the issue highlights that delayed reproduction is a lasting trend with significant consequences for future fertility and societies more broadly.
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Reproductive disruptions in fertility research: Conceptual re-integration and evidence from Germany

    Nadja Milewski, Jasmin Passet-Wittig

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026, pp. 1-28, 2026/06/03

Special issue: Delayed reproduction

doi: 10.1553/p-3fdh-k3g2


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doi:10.1553/p-3fdh-k3g2

Abstract

The risks of infertility and pregnancy loss have been growing as women’s ages at birth have been increasing. This raises the question of how such adverse reproductive experiences (ARE) are associated with birth outcomes. We propose an analytical framework to re-integrate infertility, miscarriage and abortion into the demographic study of fertility. It reconnects to the classic framework on the proximate fertility determinants by Davis and Blake and Bongaarts, and it draws on the rather recent approach of reproductive careers proposed by Johnson et al. We use a subsample of 1862 female respondents of the German family panel pairfam who participated in 11 consecutive waves, covering the calendar period from 2008 to 2020. We follow three birth cohorts through 10 years of their reproductive ages. Women aged 35 plus years have the highest probability of having multiple ARE, but no births. They also have the lowest risk of having a birth and no adverse experiences. The results suggest that integrating ARE into the analysis of birth behaviour may help to explain age patterns in fertility and the association between desired and realised fertility.

Keywords: Pregnancy loss • Miscarriage • Abortion • Infertility • Proximate fertility determinants • Reproductive careers

Published Online: 2026/06/03

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