Add to ORKGFertility rates are far below replacement in Southern Europe, averaging 1.4 lifetime children per woman. The unprecedented combination of low fertility and low female labor force participation challenges conventional theories of economic demography. The usual suspects, increased education and reduced child mortality cannot explain why fertility declined faster in Southern Europe than in did in Northern Europe since the 1960s. We provide evidence that a decline in Catholic religiosity since the 1960s ha
In this paper we conduct descriptive aggregate analyses to revisit the relation between low and lowe...
THE MAJORITY OF the world’s population is living in countries with near-replacement or below-replace...
INTRODUCTION: Although fertility rates are falling in many countries, Europe is the continent with t...
The Catholic countries of Europe pose a puzzle for economic demography – their fertility is the lowe...
Total fertility in the Catholic countries of Southern Europe has dropped to remarkably low rates (=1...
Total fertility in the Catholic countries of Southern Europe has dropped to remarkably low rates (=1...
During the last four decades the average total fertility rate in OECD countries witnessed a dramatic...
This study conducted a comparative analysis on demographic trends and family policies in four EU mem...
We analyze the effect of fertility on income per capita with a particular focus on the experience of...
While there is widespread concern throughout Europe during the current period of economic recession...
In this paper we conduct descriptive aggregate analyses to revisit the relation between low and lowe...
THE MAJORITY OF the world’s population is living in countries with near-replacement or below-replace...
INTRODUCTION: Although fertility rates are falling in many countries, Europe is the continent with t...
The Catholic countries of Europe pose a puzzle for economic demography – their fertility is the lowe...
Total fertility in the Catholic countries of Southern Europe has dropped to remarkably low rates (=1...
Total fertility in the Catholic countries of Southern Europe has dropped to remarkably low rates (=1...
During the last four decades the average total fertility rate in OECD countries witnessed a dramatic...
This study conducted a comparative analysis on demographic trends and family policies in four EU mem...
We analyze the effect of fertility on income per capita with a particular focus on the experience of...
While there is widespread concern throughout Europe during the current period of economic recession...
In this paper we conduct descriptive aggregate analyses to revisit the relation between low and lowe...
THE MAJORITY OF the world’s population is living in countries with near-replacement or below-replace...
INTRODUCTION: Although fertility rates are falling in many countries, Europe is the continent with t...