Education and Fertility in Germany

Michaela Kreyenfeld and Dirk Konietzka
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Michaela Kreyenfeld: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Dirk Konietzka: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

A chapter in Demographic Change in Germany, 2008, pp 165-187 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Germany’s completed fertility rates are among the lowest in Europe. The total number of children born to West German women of the 1965 birth cohort is estimated to be 1.5 children per woman. A Swedish or French woman of the same cohort will have given birth to almost 2 children during her life time (Council of Europe 2004). Germany’s low fertility in part is manifest in a high proportion of childlessness. Even though childlessness is advancing in many European countries (Dorbritz and Ruckdeschel 2007), Germany stands out with exceptionally high figures. More than 20 percent of the West German female cohort of 1960 are remaining childless at the end of their reproductive life (Konietzka and Kreyenfeld 2007).

Keywords: Parental Leave; Fertility Behavior; Female Education; General Schooling; Employment Career (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68137-3_7

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