Education, labour, and the demographic consequences of birth postponement in Europe

• DOI: 10.4054/demres.2017.36.23
• Publication Date: 2017-02-23T04:03:48Z
• Authors: Hippolyte d'Albis; Angela Greulich; Grégory Ponthière
• Keywords: Postponement

Objective: Starting from the fact that there is no obvious link between timing of first births and fertility levels in Europe, we find under certain circumstances, birth postponement potentially facilitates rather than impedes starting a family.