Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research. Part 2: Marriage and first birth

Jan M. Hoem and Michaela R. Kreyenfeld
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Jan M. Hoem: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Michaela R. Kreyenfeld: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2006-007, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: In the second part of these reflections, we use the connection between marriage and first childbearing to demonstrate further issues involved in anticipatory analysis. We show that an anticipatory approach cannot be used to represent intentionality: People may marry with the intention of having a child, but the analyst should be weary of using anticipatory analysis to pick that up. (Keywords: anticipatory analysis, conditioning on the future, intentionality, marriage and first childbearing)

JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2006-007

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