Education and Postponement of Maternity : Economic Analyses for Industrialized Countries

Preface vii About the editors ix About the authors ix 1 Introduction and Contributions of this Volume 1(30) Siv Gustafsson 2 Fertility Decisions: Economic Theory, Empirical Analysis, and Policy Relevance 31(34) Siv Gustafsson and Adriaan Kalwij 3 The Marginal Effect of School Leaving Age on Demographic Events. A Contribution to the Discussion on Causality 65(22) Vegard Skirbekk, Hans-Peter Kohler and Alexia Prskawetz 4 Explaining the Fertility Decline in Ireland 87(26) Cathal O'Donoghue and Eamon O'Shea 5 Female Labour Force Participation and Marital Fertility in Italy 113(34) Massimiliano Bratti 6 Career planning in Spain: do fixed-term contracts delay marriage and parenthood? 147(28) Sara de la Rica and Amaia Iza 7 The Family Earnings Gap and Postponement of Maternity in the United States 175(32) Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Jean Kimmel 8 Household Consumption, Saving and Employment Around the Time of Births in The Netherlands 207(18) Adriaan Kalwij 9 Family Formation in East and West Germany Before and After Unification 225(12) Michaela Kreyenfeld 10 Education and Entry into Motherhood in the Czech Republic During State-Socialism and the Transition Period 1970-1997 237(22) Vladimira Kantorov TD> 11 Assortative Mating by Education and Postponement of Couple Formation and First Birth in Britain and Sweden 259(26) Siv Gustafsson and Seble Worku 12 Education and Completed Fertility in Norway 285(22) Ghazala Naz, vind Anti Nilsen, and Steiner Vagstad Author Index 307(6) Subiect Index 313