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 register data and nationally representative survey data, this project assesses how socioeconomic differentials in fertility and family formation vary across educational levels and fields, partnership contexts, regions, and countries. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Family Behavior, Fertility Development

Publications

Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Jalovaara, M.; Myrskylä, M.:

Parental separation and children’s education - changes over time?

European Journal of Population 41:1, 1–35. (2025)

Li, Y.; Carlsson, E.; Nisén, J.:

Housing tenure, housing satisfaction, and fertility intentions in the Nordic context of the early 2020s

INVEST working papers 134.2025, Turku. (2025)

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

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

Journal of Family and Economic Issues 46:3, 685–707. (2025)

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.; Sulak, H.; Szabó, L.; Trimarchi, A.; Viciana, F.; Myrskylä, M.:

Economic conditions, education and parity‐specific fertility: a sub‐national regional study across 15 countries in Europe

Population, Space and Place 31:6, e70074–e70074. (2025)

Nisén, J.; Tassot, J.; Iacoella, F.; Eibich, P.:

Does early timing of first birth lead to lower earnings in midlife in Britain?

Journal of Family Research 37, 373–394. (2025)

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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