Contents: Francesco C. BILLARI, Aart C. LIEFBROER, and Dimiter PHILIPOV:
The Postponement of Childbearing in Europe: Driving Forces and
Implications; Eva BERNHARDT and Frances GOLDSCHEIDER: Gender Equality,
Parenthood Attidudes, and First Births in Sweden; Maria Rita TESTA and
Laurent TOULEMON: Family Formation in France: Individual Preferences and
Subsequent Outcomes; Ester RIZZI and Alexxandro ROSINA: Does Sex Matter?
Ageing and Ability to Conceive; Hideko MATSUO: The Postponement of
Motherhood and its Child Health Consequences: Birth Weight and Weight
Gain during the First Year of Life; John BONGAARTS and Griffith FEENEY:
The Tempo and Quantum of Life Cycle Events; Joshua R. GOLDSTEIN: How
Late Can First Births Be Postponed? Some Illustrative Population-level
Calculations; Wolfgang LUTZ, Vegard SKIRBEKK, and Maria Rita TESTA: The
Low Fertility Trap Hypothesis: Forces that May Lead to further
Postponement and Fewer Births in Europe;Dirk J. VAN DE KAA: Temporarily
New: On Low Fertility and the Prospect of Pro-natal Policies; Peter
McDONALD: An Assessment of Policies that Support Having Children from
the Perspectives of Equity, Efficiency and Efficac