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Demography
Nadia Sturm, Judith C. Koops, Roberta Rutigliano
Summary: The absence of a suitable partner is a common reason for unmet fertility intentions in Europe. Having a partner is positively associated with the intention to have a child. However, the influence of partnership on fertility intentions varies across age and countries, with the positive association becoming stronger later in life and possibly turning insignificant or reversing after a certain age threshold.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Allan Puur, Sanan Abdullayev, Martin Klesment, Mark Gortfelder
Summary: Previous studies have found different responses in fertility to changes in parental leave policies. This study adds to the literature by examining the effects of a 2004 policy reform in Estonia that introduced earnings-dependent parental leave benefits on the transition to second and third births. The study utilizes a mixture cure model, a rarely used model in fertility research, to distinguish the effects of covariates on the propensity to have a next child from their effects on the timing of childbearing. The results show that the introduction of the speed premium, which allowed parents to avoid benefits reduction between births, accelerated the transition to the next birth and led to a substantial increase in the progression to both second and third births.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Book Review
Demography
Jakub Bijak
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Katrina M. Walsemann, Calley E. Fisk, Mateo P. Farina, Emily Abbruzzi, Jennifer A. Ailshire
Summary: Federal legislation and judicial intervention led to significant transformation in the U.S. education system during the early to mid-twentieth century. Our study examines the educational experiences of U.S. adults who attended primary or secondary school between 1915 and 1977, finding variations across cohorts regardless of race or gender, with improvements in course offerings, learning support, and integrated schools.
POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Demography
Yoonyoung Choi, Hui Zheng
Summary: Despite extensive research, there is still a lack of understanding about the temporal relationship between smoking, education levels, and racial/ethnic groups. This study reveals that the education gap in smoking prevalence among women has increased significantly, especially among White women, followed by Black and Hispanic women. The widening of the education gap is primarily driven by a decline in smoking initiation among college-educated women and an increase among those without a college degree. However, smoking cessation rates have consistently risen across cohorts within each racial group.
POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Demography
Eric E. Sevareid, Katherine Graham, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Wendy D. Manning, Susan L. Brown
Summary: The expectations and intentions of teenagers regarding family behaviors have not significantly weakened in the years after the Great Recession. The majority of teenagers still expect to marry and intend to have children, with a growth in expectations for cohabitation. Gender differences in cohabitation expectations persist, but differences in fertility intentions and marital intentions have disappeared.
POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Demography
Hyunkuk Cho
Summary: This study examines the relationship between son preference and birth outcomes and finds that girls are more likely to be born with low birth weight and outside hospitals when son preference is stronger. This suggests that mothers conceiving girls make fewer prenatal visits to the hospital when their son preference is stronger.
JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Demography
Alicia Adsera, Federica Querin
Summary: This study uses data from PIAAC and the O*NET database to analyze the role of gender in occupational characteristics and earnings differentials, especially among parents. The results show that women's jobs require more contact with others, less decision-making autonomy, and less time pressure compared to men. In addition, mothers' positions have lower leadership expectations and less intensive use of machines compared to fathers. Furthermore, mothers have a lower return to these occupational characteristics compared to fathers. The study also finds that while differences in occupational characteristics and the differential sorting of mothers and fathers across sectors can partially explain the gender wage gap in Continental European countries, a large portion of the gap remains unexplained, particularly in Eastern and Southern European countries.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Chiara Ludovica Comolli
Summary: This study examines the impact of social climate and uncertainty on childbearing intentions using data from the Swiss Household Panel. The results suggest that deteriorating social climate and increasing uncertainty are associated with lower and more uncertain intentions to have children.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Adrita Banerjee
Summary: There has been an increase in childlessness in India in the last few decades, with significant variations across districts. This study examines the district-level variation and determinants of childlessness using Census of India data. The findings reveal spatial clustering of childlessness across districts, with hotspots observed in southern states and low clusters in the northern and north-western regions. Factors such as literacy rate, age at marriage, percentage of urban population, and Scheduled Tribe population significantly influence childlessness.
SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Demography
Juho Haerkoenen, Marika Jalovaara, Eevi Lappalainen, Anneli Miettinen
Summary: This study demonstrates the interaction between an evolving negative educational gradient of single parenthood and changing labour market conditions in shaping labour market inequalities between partnered and single parents. The gaps between single and partnered parents emerged and increased during recessions in the 1990s and the 2008 economic crisis. The findings point to the double disadvantage faced by single parents, with their educational backgrounds and employment rates playing significant roles in the widening employment gap.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Anna Matysiak, Daniela Bellani, Honorata Bogusz
Summary: This study explores the impact of long-term structural changes in the labor market driven by automation on fertility. The adoption of industrial robots is used as a proxy for these changes. The findings suggest that robots have a negative impact on fertility in highly industrialized regions, regions with relatively low educated populations, and technologically less advanced regions. However, better educated and prospering regions may experience fertility improvements due to technological change. The family and labor market institutions of the country may further moderate these effects.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Maude Pugliese, Prisca Benoit, Mamadou Diallo, Diana Pena Ruiz
Summary: Private wealth is gaining increasing importance in retirement planning and risk protection. However, limited research has been conducted on the gender wealth gap in Canada. This study overcomes the limitation of household-level wealth data by using new individual wealth data from a survey conducted in Quebec in 2022. The results reveal significant wealth inequalities favoring men, particularly among partnered adults. The gender wealth gap can be partly explained by differences in income and ownership of real estate. These findings highlight the need for collecting wealth data at both the household and individual levels to gain a better understanding of gender-based economic disparities.
CANADIAN STUDIES IN POPULATION
(2023)
Article
Demography
Jane Waldfogel, Sarah Jiyoon Kwon, Yi Wang, Liz Washbrook, Valentina Perinetti Casoni, Melanie Olczyk, Thorsten Schneider, Lidia Panico, Anne Solaz, Sabine Weinert, Anna Volodina, Sanneke de la Rie, Renske Keizer, Kayo Nozaki, Jun Yamashita, Yuriko Kameyama, Hideo Akabayashi
Summary: This paper provides new evidence on inequalities in resources for children age 3-4 by parental education using data from six advanced industrialized countries. It analyzes the influence of parental education on family income and center-based child care, and investigates the role of social policies in mitigating these inequalities. The results suggest that resource inequalities vary across countries and social policies play a role in moderating the influence of parental education on resources for children.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Michaela Sedovic
Summary: The study examines the association between area-level attitudes towards immigrants (ATI) and immigrants' life satisfaction, finding that exposure to negative ATI from non-migrants at the regional level affects immigrants' wellbeing. This association is not influenced by local social cohesion or ethnic composition, but is moderated by interethnic friendships. The study also highlights the importance of the overall composition of ATI in an area.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Jinhui Zhang, Yanlin Shi, Guogui Huang
Summary: This study examines the changing patterns of length of stay (LOS) at Australian residential aged care facilities and predicts the trends up to 2040. The estimated LOS is found to be influenced by factors such as age, marital status, and sex. The results indicate a declining trend in the estimated LOS, which is projected to continue until 2040.
JOURNAL OF POPULATION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Demography
Aaron M. Gamino
Summary: This study is the first to examine the effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 on marriage rates between foreign-born individuals and natural-born citizens. The findings show that marriages involving a native bride and foreign groom experience a decrease of 0.2 log points in gains.
JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Demography
Alessandro Di Nallo, Daniel Oesch
Summary: Children of separated parents are more likely to experience family dissolution themselves. This effect may be mitigated by parents' social class if they can provide better living conditions and education for their children. However, our analysis of three birth cohorts in the UK found that there is no compensatory class effect that reduces the intergenerational transmission of family dissolution. Regardless of class origin, parents' union dissolution is associated with a higher risk of union dissolution for their offspring.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Correction
Demography
Hanna Remes, Maria Palma Carvajal, Riina Peltonen, Pekka Martikainen, Alice Goisis
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
Article
Demography
Elena Bastianelli, Raffaele Guetto, Daniele Vignoli
Summary: The relationship between the strictness of employment protection legislation and fertility is ambiguous. This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation and labor market dualism on total fertility in 19 European countries between 1990 and 2019. The results show that an increase in employment protection for regular workers positively affects total fertility, while labor market dualism has a negative impact on fertility.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE
(2023)
