• Declined Total Fertility Rate Among Immigrants and the Role of Newly Arrived Women in Norway 

      Tønnessen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      In many Western countries, the total fertility rate (TFR) of immigrant women has declined over the last decades. This paper proposes two methods for investigating such changes in the aggregate immigrant fertility level: ...
    • 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. ...
    • Fertility and family policy in Norway : a reflection on trends and possible connections 

      Rønsen, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004)
      Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage young people to have more children. The Nordic countries are sometimes in focus in this respect, as their ...
    • Fertility and public policies : evidence from Norway and Finland 

      Rønsen, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Below replacement fertility in many countries has lead to a renewed public interest in policies that may encourage young people to have more children. The Nordic countries are sometimes in focus in this respect, as their ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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. ...
    • 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 ...