Fertility Intentions and Outcomes: The Role of Policies to Close the Gap

Intentions de fécondité et fécondité observée: Rôle des politiques publiques dans la réduction du décalage

Dimiter Philipov ()
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Dimiter Philipov: Vienna Institute of Demography

European Journal of Population, 2009, vol. 25, issue 4, No 1, 355-361

Abstract: Abstract The articles in this special issue report about research carried out in a project with the same title as this introductory article (acronym FERTINT). This introduction starts with a brief description of the “fertility gap”. It outlines its deficiencies when used for policy implications and the advantages of using fertility intentions. It also summarises the broad scope of issues related to intentions as presented in the articles: life-time and short-time fertility intentions and their realisation or frustration, the effect of uncertainty on intentions, the relevance of the theories of planned behaviour and fertility preferences and of social networks for studying couples’ and competing intentions.

Keywords: Fertility intentions; Realization of fertility intentions; Fertility gap; Intentions de fécondité; Réalisation des intentions de fécondité; Décalage de fécondité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9202-1

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