• Beyond the Economic Gaze. Childbearing during and after recessions in the Nordic countries 

      Comolli, Chiara Ludovica; Neyer, Gerda; Andersson, Gunnar; Dommermuth, Lars; Fallesen, Peter; Jalovaara, Marika; Jónsson, Ari; Kolk, Martin; Lappegård, Trude (;Nr. 2019/16, Report, 2019)
      Abstract: This study investigates fertility responses to the business cycle in the Nordic countries by comparing period variation in women’s childbearing propensity. We harmonize register data from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, ...
    • Changes in the Educational Gradient of Fertility Not Driven by Changes in Preferences 

      Daniel, Ciganda; Angelo, Lorenti; Dommermuth, Lars (Working paper, 2021)
      Fertility levels have historically been negatively correlated with the amount of information and material resources available to individuals and families. The recent reversal of this trend has been interpreted as a ...
    • Educational differences in cohort fertility across sub-national regions in Europe 

      Nisén, Jessica; Klüsener, Sebastian; Dahlberg, Johan; Dommermuth, Lars; Jasilioniene, Aiva; Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Lappegård, Trude; Peng, Li; Martikainen, Pekka; Neels, Karel; Riederer, Bernhard; Riele, Saskia te; Szabó, Laura; Trimarchi, Alessandra; Viciana, Francisco; Wilson, Ben; Myrskylä, Mikko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. ...
    • Formation and realisation of moving intentions across the adult life course 

      Dommermuth, Lars; Klüsener, Sebastian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-15)
      Residential and migratory moves are frequently regarded as instruments to attain other life goals. Thus, empirical studies increasingly link moves to other life course events. However, to fully understand moving decisions, ...
    • Færre med store barneflokker – Hvilken betydning har endringer i kvinners arbeidstid for nedgangen i fødselstallene? 

      Dommermuth, Lars; Kornstad, Tom; Lappegård, Trude (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Andelen kvinner med minst tre barn har gått ned de siste tiårene i Norge, også blant grupper som vanligvis har fått mange barn. Samtidig har kvinnene i økende grad gått over fra å arbeide deltid til heltid. Vi undersøker ...
    • Gender equality in the family and childbearing 

      Dommermuth, Lars; Hohmann-Marriott, Bryndl; Lappegård, Trude (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-15)
      Gender equality and equity in the division of household labor may be associated with couples’ transitions to first, second, and third births. Our comprehensive analysis includes the division of housework and child care as ...
    • Intergenerational transmission of age at first birth in Norway 

      Riise, Birgitte Sande; Dommermuth, Lars; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-10)
      Using data from administrative registers, we examine the intergenerational transmission of timing of first birth in Norway for all men and women born between 1954 and 1964. We assess the extent of any intergenerational ...
    • Internal Migration and the Role of Intergenerational Family Ties and Life Events 

      Thomas, Michael J.; Dommermuth, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03-14)
      Objective This article examines how the migration behavior of older parents and adult children might be influenced by the geographical configuration of nonresident family networks and the emergence of “linked” life events. ...
    • Interrelationships among fertility, internal migration, and proximity to nonresident family: A multilevel multiprocess analysis 

      Thomas, Michael J.; Dommermuth, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Past research has found that relations to nonresident family can influence individual fertility and migration behaviors separately. However, fertility and migration outcomes may also be interrelated, suggesting potential ...
    • Not Just Later, but Fewer: Novel Trends in Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries 

      Hellstrand, Julia; Nisén, Jessica; Miranda, Vitor F.O.; Fallesen, Peter; Dommermuth, Lars; Myrskylä, Mikko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      With historically similar patterns of high and stable cohort fertility and high levels of gender equality, the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland are seen as forerunners in demographic behavior. ...
    • Now or later? The Theory of Planned Behavior and timing of fertility intentions 

      Dommermuth, Lars; Klobas, Jane; Lappegård, Trude (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-01-20)
      This article focuses on the time frame of intentions to have a child. For both parents and childless people we compare those who want a child now with those who intend to have a child within the next three years. Based on ...
    • Pandemic babies? Fertility in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 wave across European regions 

      Nitsche, Natalie; Jasilioniene, Aiva; Nisén, Jessica; Li, Peng; Kniffka, Maxi S.; Schöley, Jonas; Andersson, Gunnar; Bagavos, Christos; Berrington, Ann; Čipin, Ivan; Clemente, Susana; Dommermuth, Lars; Fallesen, Peter; Galdauskaite, Dovile; Jemna, Dănuţ-Vasile; Lerch, Mathias; McDonnell, Cadhla; Muller, Arno; Neels, Karel; Pötzsch, Olga; Ramiro, Diego; Riederer, Bernhard; te Riele, Saskia; Szabó, Laura; Toulemon, Laurten; Vignoli, Daniele; Zeman, Kryštof; Žnidaršič, Tina (Working paper, 2022)
      Early evidence demonstrates that the fertility response to the COVID-19 pandemic has varied across European countries. Yet, prior research indicates that fertility responses to disasters are often localized sub-nationally. ...
    • Perceived Economic Uncertainty and Fertility Intentions in Couples: A Dyadic Extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour 

      Matera, Camilla; Dommermuth, Lars; Bacci, Silvia; Bertaccini, Bruno; Minello, Alessandra; Vignoli, Daniele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      By adopting a dyadic extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), this study examined whether perceived economic uncertainty afects fertility intentions. Three-hundred thirty one heterosexual couples living ...
    • The geographical distance between nonresident parents and children in Norway 

      Dommermuth, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-25)
      As union dissolution rates increase in most modern societies, a growing number of children are living in post‐separation families. The geographical distance between parental households shapes the possibilities for contact ...