Are individuals' desired family sizes stable? Evidence from West German panel data

European Journal of Population

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-156

  Heiland, Frank ^a   Prskawetz, Alexia ^b   Sanderson, Warren C ^c,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility preferences; Panel data; Total desired fertility; Wanted family size; West Germany

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 44649158229     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-008-9162-x     Document Type: Article

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