Titlebook: Analyzing Contemporary Fertility; Robert Schoen Book 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 Contemporary fertility.Human fertility.Ferti

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Uncertainty and Narratives of the Future: A Theoretical Framework for Contemporary Fertilityertility downturn faced by many countries in Europe. In this paper, we posit that the rise of uncertainty is central for understanding contemporary fertility dynamics. We propose a theoretical framework (the Narrative Framework) for the study of fertility decisions under uncertain conditions based o

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Social Contagion Effects in Fertility: Theory and Analytical Strategyreduction of fertility to below replacement levels, as part of the demographic transition. Diffusion theories integrate the role of individual behavior in explaining macro-level changes but, until very recently, empirical evidence at the micro level was scarce. Recent studies showed the existence of