On the quantum and tempo of fertility

Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives

Mills, M., Rindfuss, R. R., McDonald, P., te Velde, E., & on behalf of the ESHRE Reproduction and Society Task Force (2011) · Human Reproduction Update · doi:10.1093/humupd/dmr026 · Cited by 1,082 · see citing works

Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World

Sobotka, T., Skirbekk, V., & Philipov, D. (2011) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00411.x · Cited by 863 · see citing works

Advances in development reverse fertility declines

Myrskylä, M., Kohler, H.-P., & Billari, F. C. (2009) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature08230 · Cited by 782 · see citing works

Demographic and medical consequences of the postponement of parenthood

Schmidt, L., Sobotka, T., Bentzen, J. G., Nyboe Andersen, A., & on behalf of the ESHRE Reproduction and Society Task Force (2012) · Human Reproduction Update · doi:10.1093/humupd/dmr040 · Cited by 656 · see citing works

Fertility in Advanced Societies: A Review of Research: La fécondité dans les sociétés avancées: un examen des recherches

Balbo, N., Billari, F. C., & Mills, M. (2013) · European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie · doi:10.1007/s10680-012-9277-y · Cited by 623 · see citing works

The End of “Lowest‐Low” Fertility?

Goldstein, J. R., Sobotka, T., & Jasilioniene, A. (2009) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00304.x · Cited by 562 · see citing works

The outlook for population growth

Lee, R. (2011) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1208859 · Cited by 415 · see citing works

Is low fertility a twenty-first-century demographic crisis?

Morgan, S. P. (2003) · Demography · doi:10.1353/dem.2003.0037 · Cited by 361 · see citing works

Is Lowest‐Low Fertility in Europe Explained by the Postponement of Childbearing?

Sobotka, T. (2004) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.010_1.x · Cited by 355 · see citing works

Family policies in developed countries: a ‘fertility-booster’ with side-effects

Thévenon, O., & Gauthier, A. H. (2011) · Community, Work & Family · doi:10.1080/13668803.2011.571400 · Cited by 273 · see citing works

A Cognitive–Social Model of Fertility Intentions

Bachrach, C. A., & Morgan, S. P. (2013) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00612.x · Cited by 259 · see citing works

Probabilistic projections of the total fertility rate for all countries

Alkema, L., Raftery, A. E., Gerland, P., Clark, S. J., Pelletier, F., Buettner, T., & Heilig, G. K. (2011) · Demography · doi:10.1007/s13524-011-0040-5 · Cited by 248 · see citing works

Cohort Reproductive Patterns in Low‐Fertility Countries

Frejka, T., & Calot, G. (2001) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00103.x · Cited by 193 · see citing works

Beyond the Great Recession: Labor Market Polarization and Ongoing Fertility Decline in the United States

Seltzer, N. (2019) · Demography · doi:10.1007/s13524-019-00790-6 · Cited by 196 · see citing works

The Causes of Stalling Fertility Transitions

Bongaarts, J. (2006) · Studies in Family Planning · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00079.x · Cited by 199 · see citing works

POST-TRANSITIONAL FERTILITY: THE ROLE OF CHILDBEARING POSTPONEMENT IN FUELLING THE SHIFT TO LOW AND UNSTABLE FERTILITY LEVELS

Sobotka, T. (2017) · Journal of Biosocial Science · doi:10.1017/s0021932017000323 · Cited by 150 · see citing works

The effect of postponement of first motherhood on permanent involuntary childlessness and total fertility rate in six European countries since the 1970s

te Velde, E., Habbema, D., Leridon, H., & Eijkemans, M. (2012) · Human Reproduction · doi:10.1093/humrep/der455 · Cited by 131 · see citing works

Rising Educational Participation and the Trend to Later Childbearing

Neels, K., Murphy, M., Ní Bhrolcháin, M., & Beaujouan, É. (2017) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/padr.12112 · Cited by 111 · see citing works

Timing effects and the interpretation of period fertility

Schoen, R. (2004) · Demography · doi:10.1353/dem.2004.0036 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Tempo-quantum and period-cohort interplay in fertility changes in Europe: Evidence from the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden

Sobotka, T. (2003) · Demographic Research · doi:10.4054/demres.2003.8.6 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Postponement and recuperation of Belgian fertility: how are they related to rising female educational attainment?

Neels, K. (2010) · Vienna Yearbook of Population Research · doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2010s77 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

A sensitivity analysis of the bongaarts-feeney method for adjusting bias in observed period total fertility rates

Yi, Z., & Land, K. C. (2001) · Demography · doi:10.1353/dem.2001.0010 · Cited by 69 · see citing works

Ultra-low fertility in South Korea: The role of the tempo effect

Yoo, S. H., & Sobotka, T. (2018) · Demographic Research · doi:10.4054/demres.2018.38.22 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

A policy analysis on challenges and opportunities of population/household aging in China

Zeng, Y., & Wang, Z. (2014) · Journal of Population Ageing · doi:10.1007/s12062-014-9102-y · Cited by 52 · see citing works

Implications of changes in households and living arrangements for future home-based care needs and costs for disabled elders in China

Zeng, Y., Chen, H., Wang, Z., & Land, K. C. (2015) · Journal of Aging and Health · doi:10.1177/0898264314552690 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Childlessness and low fertility in context: evidence from a multilevel analysis on 20 European countries

Brini, E. (2020) · Genus · doi:10.1186/s41118-020-00074-7 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

The Fertility Transition Revisited: A Cohort Perspective

Frejka, T. (2017) · Comparative Population Studies · doi:10.12765/cpos-2017-09 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

The realization of fertility intentions in the context of childbearing postponement: comparison of transitional and post-transitional populations

Kocourková, J., & Šťastná, A. (2021) · Journal of Biosocial Science · doi:10.1017/s002193202000005x · Cited by 24 · see citing works

A comparative study of marriage and fertility changes in Japan, South Korea, and China

Wang, Q., & Li, T. (2025) · China Population and Development Studies · doi:10.1007/s42379-025-00191-w · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Fertility Decline and the Persistence of Low Fertility in a Changing Policy Environment—A Hungarian Case Study

Spéder, Z. (2016) · Low Fertility, Institutions, and their Policies · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32997-0_7 · Cited by 7 · see citing works