| 来源类型 | Article |
| 规范类型 | 其他 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10680-008-9162-x |
| Are individuals' desired family sizes stable? Evidence from West German panel data. | |
| Heiland F; Prskawetz A; Sanderson WC | |
| 发表日期 | 2008 |
| 出处 | European Journal of Population 24 (2): 129-156 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Using West German panel data constructed from the 1988 and 1994/1995 wave of the DJI Familiensurvey, we analyze the stability and determinants of individuals total desired fertility. We find considerable variation of total desired fertility across respondents and across interviews. In particular, up to 50% of individuals report a different total desired fertility across survey waves. Multivariate analysis confirms the importance of background factors including growing up with both parents, having more siblings, and being Catholic for preference formation. Consistent with the idea that life course experiences provide new information regarding the expected costs and benefits of different family sizes, the influence of background factors on total desired fertility is strong early in life and weakens as subsequent life course experiences, including childbearing, take effect. Accounting for unobserved individual heterogeneity, we estimate that an additional child may increase the total desired fertility of women with children by 0.14 children, less than what conventional estimates from cross-sectional data would have suggested. |
| 主题 | World Population (POP) |
| 关键词 | Fertility preferences Total desired fertility Wanted family size West Germany Panel data |
| URL | http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/8569/ |
| 来源智库 | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/128848 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Heiland F,Prskawetz A,Sanderson WC. Are individuals' desired family sizes stable? Evidence from West German panel data.. 2008. |
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