Economic resources and the first child in Italy: A focus on income and job stability

At the turn of the twentieth century Italy registered a lowest-low fertility level, i.e., a total fertility rate of 1.26 children per woman in 2000. In this paper we investigate whether and how in that period economic resources and, in particular, income and job stability were linked with couples&am...

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Main Author: Elisabetta Santarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-07-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/9/