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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung ; ISSN: 1861-1559 ; Volume: 70 ; Year: 2001 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 74-79 ; Berlin: Duncker & Humblot
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Frauenarbeitslosigkeit
Neue Bundesländer
Fertilität
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kreyenfeld, Michaela
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Veröffentlichung
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Duncker & Humblot
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Berlin
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2001
- DOI
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doi:10.3790/vjh.70.1.74
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- Last update
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Object type
- Artikel
Associated
- Kreyenfeld, Michaela
- Duncker & Humblot
Time of origin
- 2001
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