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Kreyenfeld, M. Changes in the Timing of First Birth in East Germany after Re-unification. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 120(2), 169-186. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.120.2.169
Kreyenfeld, Michaela "Changes in the Timing of First Birth in East Germany after Re-unification" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 120.2, 2000, 169-186. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.120.2.169
Kreyenfeld, Michaela (2000): Changes in the Timing of First Birth in East Germany after Re-unification, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 120, iss. 2, 169-186, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.120.2.169

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Changes in the Timing of First Birth in East Germany after Re-unification

Kreyenfeld, Michaela

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 120 (2000), Iss. 2 : pp. 169–186

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Kreyenfeld, Michaela

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When German re-unification was accompanied by a rapid decline in aggregate fertility rates, researchers particularly assigned high unemployment rates a dominant role in these changes in fertility behavior. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate changes in the timing of first births in East Germany after re-unification. Using data from the SOEP, we show that even after re-unification East Germans are younger at first birth than their West German counterparts. Second, we investigate the relationship between male and female unemployment and first birth risks. A major result is that female unemployment encourages the transition into parenthood in East Germany.