Artikel

Timing of First Births in East Germany after Reunification

When German reunification was accompanied by a rapid decline in aggregate fertility rates, researchers particularly assigned high unemployment rates a dominant role for changes in fertility behavior. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate changes in the timing of first birth in East Germany after reunification. Using data from the GSOEP, we show that even after reunification East Germans are younger at first birth than their West German counterparts. Second, we investigate the relationship between male and female unemployment and first birth risks. A major result is that female unemployment fosters the transition into parenthood in East Germany.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung ; ISSN: 1861-1559 ; Volume: 70 ; Year: 2001 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 74-79 ; Berlin: Duncker & Humblot

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Frauenarbeitslosigkeit
Neue Bundesländer
Fertilität

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kreyenfeld, Michaela
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Duncker & Humblot
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2001

DOI
doi:10.3790/vjh.70.1.74
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  • Kreyenfeld, Michaela
  • Duncker & Humblot

Time of origin

  • 2001

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