The idea that fertility reacts positively to economic prosperity and falls in times of crises is present in the literature on the evolution of fertility (e.g. Lee, 1990; Sobotka et al., 2011; Comolli, 2017). Periods of economic recession or stagnations are frequently followed by turn down moments on the number of births. Fertility tends to be pro-cyclical and reacts on the ups and downs of economic uncertainty, boosting the postponement and decreasing the quantum. Since 2010, Portugal has been harshly affected by the (1) economic crisis, (2) high unemployment rates and (3) negative consumer confidence index (CCI). Simultaneously, the country presented the lowest birth rates and fertility levels in the European Union since 2012 (Eurostat, 20...
International audienceBackground: Economic uncertainty has become an increasingly important factor i...
Economists from Malthus to Becker have long since proclaimed that as economic hardship increases, fe...
Several European countries are, or have recently been, confronted with a series of crises which mutu...
BACKGROUND This study further develops Goldstein et al.'s (2013) analysis of the fertility response ...
This paper focuses on effects of economic uncertainty on decision making about childbearing. We had ...
This paper analyzes the role of the business cycle in fertility, using data from 30 European countri...
BACKGROUND Relatively little research has been conducted on how economic recessions impact fertilit...
Portugal is characterised by a noteworthy decline in fertility, which is a phenomenon that requires ...
Is fertility in Portugal different from the European context? Is this a particular situation, is onl...
Background: Economic uncertainty has become an increasingly important factor in explanations of decl...
Background: Relatively little research has been conducted on how economic recessions impact fertilit...
Many previous studies have documented the procyclicality of fertility to business cycles or labour ...
This paper investigates whether unemployment and insecure employment periods merely delay fertility ...
This paper investigates whether there has been a fundamental change in the importance of economic co...
Background: In the last decade fertility rates have declined in most European countries, and explana...
International audienceBackground: Economic uncertainty has become an increasingly important factor i...
Economists from Malthus to Becker have long since proclaimed that as economic hardship increases, fe...
Several European countries are, or have recently been, confronted with a series of crises which mutu...
BACKGROUND This study further develops Goldstein et al.'s (2013) analysis of the fertility response ...
This paper focuses on effects of economic uncertainty on decision making about childbearing. We had ...
This paper analyzes the role of the business cycle in fertility, using data from 30 European countri...
BACKGROUND Relatively little research has been conducted on how economic recessions impact fertilit...
Portugal is characterised by a noteworthy decline in fertility, which is a phenomenon that requires ...
Is fertility in Portugal different from the European context? Is this a particular situation, is onl...
Background: Economic uncertainty has become an increasingly important factor in explanations of decl...
Background: Relatively little research has been conducted on how economic recessions impact fertilit...
Many previous studies have documented the procyclicality of fertility to business cycles or labour ...
This paper investigates whether unemployment and insecure employment periods merely delay fertility ...
This paper investigates whether there has been a fundamental change in the importance of economic co...
Background: In the last decade fertility rates have declined in most European countries, and explana...
International audienceBackground: Economic uncertainty has become an increasingly important factor i...
Economists from Malthus to Becker have long since proclaimed that as economic hardship increases, fe...
Several European countries are, or have recently been, confronted with a series of crises which mutu...