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Policies, Social Norms and Non-Marital Fertility in Europe

Sebastian Klüsener, Nora Elisa Sanchez Gassen; in Collaboration with Brienna Perelli-Harris (University of Southampton, United Kingdom), Christin Löffler (University of Rostock, Germany), Trude Lappegard (Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway), Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence, Department of Statistics, Italy)

The project investigates interdependencies between policies, social norms, and non-marital fertility in Europe. It analyzes the extent to which long-standing societal norms and policies have led to or exacerbated variation in non-marital childbearing across time and space.Detailed description

 
 

Research keywords: Family Behavior; Fertility Development; Policies, Politics, Administration, Welfare State

Region keywords: Europe

Publications

Klüsener, S.; Perelli-Harris, B.; Sanchez Gassen, N. E.:
Spatial aspects of the rise of nonmarital fertility across Europe since 1960: the role of states and regions in shaping patterns of change
European Journal of Population 29:2, 137-165 (2013).
Perelli-Harris, B.; Gerber, T. P.:
Non-marital childbearing in Russia: second demographic transition or pattern of disadvantage?
Demography 48:1, 317-342 (2011).
Perelli-Harris, B.; Sanchez Gassen, N. E.:
The reciprocal relationship between the state and union formation across Western Europe: policy dimensions and theoretical considerations
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2010-034. (2010).
Perelli-Harris, B.; Sigle-Rushton, W.; Kreyenfeld, M.; Lappegård, T.; Keizer, R.; Berghammer, C.:
The educational gradient of childbearing within cohabitation in Europe
Population and Development Review 36:4, 775-801 (2010).

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