TY - JOUR A1 - Kreyenfeld, Michaela A1 - Goldstein, Joshua A1 - Jasilioniene, Aiva A1 - Karaman Örsal, Deniz Dilan T1 - Fertility reactions to the "Great Recession" in Europe : Recent evidence from oder-specific data JF - Demographic Research N2 - Objective: This paper provides recent cross-national evidence of the impact of the great recession on fertility in Europe in the context of the recent decade. Methods: Using data from the Human Fertility Database (HFD), from Eurostat, and from the OECD database, we employ fixed-effects modeling to study how changes in unemployment rates have affected birth rates across Europe. Results: We find that countries that were hit hard by the recession show reduced fertility when compared with a continuation of recent trends, especially at younger ages. Conclusions: Our results indicate a strong relationship between economic conditions and fertility. However, there is variation by region, age, and parity suggesting the importance of life course and institutional factors. Y1 - 2013 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-8511 SN - 1435-9871 VL - 29 SP - 85 EP - 104 PB - Max-Planck Institut für demografische Forschung CY - Rostock ER -