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标题：Fertility Reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe: Recent Evidence from Order-Specific Data
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作者：Joshua Goldstein ; Michaela Kreyenfeld ; Aiva Jasilioniene 等
期刊名称：Demographic Research
印刷版ISSN：1435-9871
电子版ISSN：1435-9871
出版年度：2013
卷号：29
页码：85-104
DOI：10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.4
出版社：Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
摘要：Objective: This paper provides recent cross-national evidence of the impact of the great recession on fertility in Europe in the context of the recent decade. Methods: Using data from the Human Fertility Database (HFD), from Eurostat, and from the OECD database, we employ fixed-effects modeling to study how changes in unemployment rates have affected birth rates across Europe. Results: We find that countries that were hit hard by the recession show reduced fertility when compared with a continuation of recent trends, especially at younger ages. Conclusions: Our results indicate a strong relationship between economic conditions and fertility. However, there is variation by region, age, and parity suggesting the importance of life course and institutional factors.
关键词：birth order;Europe;fertility;uncertainty;unemployment