Fertility, Timing of Births and Socio-economic Status in France and Britain

Labour market integration, occupational uncertainty, and fertility choices in Germany and the UK

“…In a similar study, Ekert-Jaffé et al (2002) found that more highly educated women in the UK also tend to focus on their career, thus delaying fertility choices. These findings correspond with the results of a study by Meron and Widmer (2002), who showed that French women have a lower propensity to have a child if they are unemployed.…”

Overview Chapter 6: The diverse faces of the Second Demographic Transition in Europe

“…The work-childrearing incompatibility, as well as an institutionalised pattern of an extended withdrawal from work among mothers of small children, are frequently cited as the reasons for particularly high childlessness among university-educated women in Austria and Germany (see the respective country chapters). In contrast, in countries where the 'motherhood penalty' is less pronounced, there are smaller or narrowing educational differentials in childlessness and family size (France and Sweden chapter; see also Ekert-Jaffé et al 2002). 28 In France, childlessness is somewhat higher among the more educated women, but once they become mothers they are more likely to have three children than women of medium educational levels (France chapter).…”

A Cross-National Perspective on Unemployment and First Births

“…Effects of unemployment duration are considered only by Kreyenfeld for Germany (2001) and by Kravdal for Norway (2002). Moreover, cross-nationally comparative research based on micro-data remains rare with the exceptions being an ECHP based investigation by Golsch (2004), and a study by Ekert-Jaffé et al (2002).…”