Education and Postponement of Maternity

Preface.- About the editors.- About the authors.- 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. The 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. The 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 AfterUnification, Michaela Kreyenfeld.- 10. Education and Entry into Motherhood in the Czech Republic During State-Socialism and the Transition Period 1970-1997, Vladimíra Kantorová.- 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, Øivind Anti Nilsen and Steinar Vagstad.- Index.