Postponement and Recuperation in Cohort Fertility:<br>Austria, Germany and Switzerland in a European Context<br>

Across developed countries, cohorts of women born after World War II have seen a shift of childbearing towards later ages and a concomitant decline in fertility level. We study this shift using the notions of fertility postponement (fertility decline at younger ages) and subsequent recuperation (a c...

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Main Authors: Tomáš Sobotka, Kryštof Zeman, Ron Lesthaeghe, Tomas Frejka, Karel Neels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2012-09-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
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Online Access:http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/86