Laboratory

Fertility and Well-Being

Project

Socioeconomic Differentials in Fertility and Family Formation Processes

Julia Hellstrand, Jessica Nisén, Andres Castro, Natalie Nitsche, Mikko Myrskylä, Ewa Batyra; in Collaboration with Ben Wilson, Sebastian Klüsener (both: MPIDR)

Using registry data and nationally representative survey data, we assess how the educational gradient in fertility differs by socioeconomic contexts such as educational level and field, pairing types, and countries. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Family Behavior, Fertility Development

Publications

Batyra, E.; Leone, T.; Myrskylä, M.:

Forecasting of cohort fertility by educational level in countries with limited data availability: the case of Brazil

Population Studies 77:2, 179–195. (2023)

Nisén, J.; Erlandsson, A.; Jalovaara, M.:

Gendered relationship of childbearing with earnings accumulated by midlife in two Nordic countries

INVEST working papers 75/2023, Turku. (2023)

Abufhele, A.; Pesando, L. M.; Castro Torres, A. F.:

Parental educational similarity and inequality implications for infant health in Chile: evidence from administrative records, 1990–2015

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 82:100736, 1–14. (2022)

Hellstrand, J.; Nisén, J.; Myrskylä, M.:

Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-022. (2022)

Ponkilainen, M.; Einiö, E.; Pietiläinen, M.; Myrskylä, M.:

Educational differences in fertility among female same-sex couples

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-030. (2022)

Nisén, J.; Klüsener, S.; Dahlberg, J.; Dommermuth, L.; Jasilioniene, A.; Kreyenfeld, M.; Lappegård, T.; Li, P.; Martikainen, P.; Neels, K.; Riederer, B.; te Riele, S.; Szabó, L.; Trimarchi, A.; Viciana, F.; Myrskylä, M.; Wilson, B.:

Educational differences in cohort fertility across sub-national regions in Europe

European Journal of Population 37:1, 263–295. (2021)

Nitsche, N.; Brückner, H.:

Late, but not too late? Postponement of first birth among highly educated U.S. women

European Journal of Population 37:2, 371–403. (2021)

Nitsche, N.; Matysiak, A.; van Bavel, J.; Vignoli, D.:

Educational pairings and fertility across Europe: how do the low educated fare?

Comparative Population Studies 46, 533–554. (2021)

Nitsche, N.; Trimarchi, A.; Jalovaara, M.:

The power of two: second birth rate differences between couples with homogamous and heterogamous educational pairings

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-029. (2020)

Wood, J.; Klüsener, S.; Neels, K.; Myrskylä, M.:

Shifting links in the relationship between education and fertility: subnational spatial insights from the Belgian case

Population, Space and Place 26:8, e2342–e2342. (2020)

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