Högnäs, Robin and Marcia Carlson Working paper no. 2010-10 Abstract We use data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (N=11,182) to examine the intergenerational transmission of nonmarital fertility for both men and women. We find that being born to unmarried parents increases the risk of both (adult) sons and daughters having a nonmarital …
Iwasawa, Miho, Ryuichi Kaneko, Kenji Kamata, James Raymo, and Kimiko Tanaka Working paper no. 2010-11 Abstract The goal of this paper is to evaluate explanations for the total fertility rate (TFR) upturn in Japan after 2005. Drawing on recent research on the retreat from lowest-low fertility in European countries, we focus on diminished tempo effects, …
Palloni, Alberto, Beatriz Novak, and Laeticia Rodrigues de Souza Working paper no. 2012-03 Abstract We know surprisingly little about the long reach of changes in education and fertility, their intergenerational implications and the long term impact on human capital formation and aggregate economic growth. The purpose of this paper is to propose a simple framework …
Higgins, Jenny A., Laura Gregor, Sanyukta Mathur, Neema Nakyanjo, Fred Nalugoda, and John S. Santelli Working paper no. 2013-09 Abstract Objectives: We used mixed methods to assess use of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) among 15-24 year-olds in a rural Ugandan setting with considerable HIV prevalence. Methods: We measured withdrawal reporting among 1) sexually active 15-24 year-olds …
De Vos, Susan Working paper no. 2018-01 Abstract This study looks at the extended family household living of elderly women aged 60+ in Brazil in 2010 (35.9 percent) by whether they had had a live birth using 2010 Brazilian census data (36.8 vs. 29.0 percent). It applies a binomial multivariate logistic model containing socio-demographic, socio-economic, …