Projects

Comparative research projects within the Working Group

Currently, the working group provides the platform for a number of ongoing or planned comparative fertility research projects listed below, which are based on register or register-like data. The respective project leader and her/his contact information is mentioned next to the project. These projects fall under two broad themes 1) Investigation of fertility trends and patterns across and within countries in Europe, and 2) Investigation of fertility trends and patterns across countries in Europe.

Investigation of fertility trends and patterns across and within countries in Europe

• Partnership formation and fertility decline in times of global uncertainties
• Gunnar Andersson, Stockholm University, gunnar.andersson(at)sociology.su.se
• Childlessness of women and men: recent trends and contextual correlates
  Trude Lappegård, University of Oslo, trude.lappegard(at).sosgeo.uio.no
• Educational differences in cohort fertility across sub-national regions in Europe
  Jessica Nisen, University of Turku & Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, nisen(at)demogr.mpg.de
• Covid-19 and fertility in Europe: description and determinants
  Natalie Nitsche, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, nitsche(at)demogr.mpg.de
• Regional variation in female fertility, with distinction between migrant groups
  Bernhard Riederer, University of Vienna & Vienna Institute of Demography, bernhard.riederer(at)univie.ac.at
• Women’s education-fertility nexus in North and West Europe: regional variation and contextual correlates
  Jonas Wood, University of Antwerp, jonas.wood(at)uantwerpen.be

Investigation of fertility trends and patterns across countries in Europe

• Recent trends in Nordic period and cohort fertility
  Julia Hellstrand, University of Helsinki & Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, julia.hellstrand(at)helsinki.fi
• Partners’ relative labor market positions and entry into parenthood
  Leen Marynissen, University of Antwerp, leen.marynissen(at)uantwerpen.be
• Effects of educational expansion and variation in economic/policy context on tempo/quantum of period fertility
  Karel Neels, University of Antwerp, karel.neels(at)uanwerpen.be