Fertility and union histories from German GGS data: some critical reflections

Michaela R. Kreyenfeld, Anne Hornung, Karolin Kubisch and Ina Jaschinski
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Michaela R. Kreyenfeld: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Anne Hornung: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Karolin Kubisch: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Ina Jaschinski: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2010-023, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: This paper validates the fertility and union histories of the German Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). One major result from this validation is that the fertility of the older GGS-cohorts is too low, while it is too high for the younger cohorts. For partnership histories, we find a similar bias. In sum, the GGS gives wrong cohort fertility and marriage trends for Germany. We speculate on various sources for this bias in the data. However, we were unable to find a remedy to cure it.

Keywords: Germany; fertility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2010-023

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