| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 325 pages) : figure, table |
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European studies of population ; v. 15 |
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European studies of population ; v. 15.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction and contributions of this volume / Siv Gustafsson -- 2. Fertility decisions : economic theory, empirical analysis, and policy relevance / Siv Gustafsson and Adriaan Kalwij -- 3. marginal effect of school leaving age on demographic events : a contribution to the discussion on causality / Vegard Skirbekk, Hans-Peter Kohler and Alexia Prskawetz -- 4. Explaining the fertility decline in Ireland / Cathal O'Donoghue and Eamon O'Shea -- 5. Female labour force participation and marital fertility in Italy / Massimiliano Bratti -- 6. Career planning in Spain : do fixed-term contracts delay marriage and parenthood? / Sara de la Rica and Amaia Iza -- 7. family earnings gap and postponement of maternity in the United States / Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Jean Kimmel -- 8. Household consumption, saving and employment around the time of births in The Netherlands / Adriaan Kalwij -- 9. Family formation in East and West Germany before and after unification / Michaela Kreyenfeld -- 10. Education and entry into motherhood in the Czech Republic during state-socialism and the transition period 1970-1997 / Vladimira Kantorova -- 11. Assortative mating by education and postponement of couple formation and first birth in Britain and Sweden / Siv Gustafsson and Seble Worku -- 12. Education and completed fertility in Norway / Ghazala Naz, Oivind Anti Nilsen and Steinar Vagstad |
| Summary |
Examines various economic aspects of the role of women's education in the postponement of maternity in ten industrialized countries. This book investigates one of these countries in each of its chapters using individual/household survey data, particularly focusing on the increasing age at motherhood with the investment in education of the mother |
| Analysis |
Maternity |
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Education |
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sociale wetenschappen |
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social sciences |
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demografie |
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demography |
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economie |
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economics |
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populaties |
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populations |
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sociaal beleid |
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social policy |
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Social Sciences (General) |
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Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Fertility, Human -- Effect of education on -- Congresses
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Maternal age -- Effect of education on -- Congresses
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Women -- Education -- Congresses
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Adult education of women -- Congresses
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Motherhood -- Congresses
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Career development -- Congresses
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Fertility, Human.
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Maternal age.
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Women -- Education.
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Adult education of women.
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Motherhood.
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Career development.
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Maternal Age
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Career Mobility
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maternity.
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EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
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EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects.
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Maternal age -- Effect of education on.
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Women -- Education.
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Adult education of women.
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Motherhood.
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Career development.
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Fertility, Human -- Effect of education on.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Education.
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Maternal age
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Fertility, Human
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Adult education of women
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Career development
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Fertility, Human -- Social aspects
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Motherhood
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Women -- Education
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Moederschap.
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Vruchtbaarheid.
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Werkende vrouwen.
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Scholing.
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Sociaal-economische aspecten.
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Geïndustrialiseerde wereld.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kalwij, Adriaan
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Gustafsson, Siv, 1943-
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| ISBN |
9781402047169 |
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1402047169 |
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1402047150 |
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9781402047152 |
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6610619514 |
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9786610619511 |
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