Postponement and childlessness - Evidence from two British cohorts
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This paper starts by reviewing existing projections of childlessness among British men and women. Low current fertility implies high eventual childlessness unless the postponement of parenthood is taken into account. Such re-timing of first births appe
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Studies in France and Britain have resulted in some support for the convergence hypothesis.
“Studies examining the timing of entry into motherhood and fatherhood in France and women’s and men’s fertility postponement and childlessness in Britain have resulted in some support for this ‘convergence hypothesis’ (Winkler-Dworak and Toulemon 2007; Kneale and Joshi 2008).”
From Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries (2019) · cites this paper as Kneale and Joshi 2008
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- Authors
- Kneale, D., & Joshi, H.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Demographic Research
- Published
- 2008-11-28
- Volume
- 19
- Pages
- 1935-1968
- ISSN
- 1435-9871 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2155593343
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 31.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Demographic Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- IOE EPrints (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-163-25-0002)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Keywords
- childlessness, postponement of parenthood, fertility, timing of first birth, low fertility, cohort comparison, fertility projections
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