28 May 2026 | data description

The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset: Leave duration entitlements for 21 countries from 1970 to 2024

Sonja Spitzer, Adèle Lemoine, Zhanxiong Song, Claudia Reiter, Angela Greulich, Agneta Herlitz, Alžběta Bártová, Elisa Brini, Zuzana Dančíková, Dovilė Galdauskaitė, Libertad González, Evi Hatzivarnava-Kazassi, Helena Honkaniemi, Sol Pía Juárez, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Anna Kurowska, Katre Pall, Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Tatjana Rakar, Tapio Räsänen, Konstantina Rentzou, Pedro Romero Balsas, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Laurène Thil, Dora Tuda, Lili Vargha, Daniele Vignoli, Sander Wagner, Katharina Wrohlich

Volume: 54 Article ID: 31
Pages: 987–1008
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.31

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20 July 2024 | research article

Impact of family policies and economic situation on low fertility in Tehran, Iran: A multi-agent-based modeling

Nasibeh Esmaeili, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi Shavazi

Volume: 51 Article ID: 5
Pages: 107–154
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2024.51.5

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10 November 2020 | research material

Disentangling the complexity of family policies: SPIN data with an application to Lithuania and Sweden, 1995–2015

Katharina Wesolowski, Sunnee Billingsley, Gerda Neyer

Volume: 43 Article ID: 42
Pages: 1235–1262
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.42

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18 June 2019 | research article

Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Ann-Zofie Duvander, Trude Lappegård, Synøve N. Andersen, Ólöf Garðarsdóttir, Gerda Neyer, Ida Viklund

Volume: 40 Article ID: 51
Pages: 1501–1528
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.51

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08 March 2018 | research article

Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?

Synøve N. Andersen, Nina Drange, Trude Lappegård

Volume: 38 Article ID: 33
Pages: 897–928
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.33

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23 February 2017 | research article

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

Hippolyte d'Albis, Angela Greulich, Grégory Ponthière

Volume: 36 Article ID: 23
Pages: 691–728
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.23

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12 January 2017 | research article

The influence of a supportive environment for families on women’s fertility intentions and behavior in South Korea

Soo-Yeon Yoon

Volume: 36 Article ID: 7
Pages: 227–254
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.7

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29 November 2016 | research article

Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

Susanne Fahlén

Volume: 35 Article ID: 48
Pages: 1411–1440
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.48

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13 November 2013 | research article

Family policies in the context of low fertility and social structure

Thomas Fent, Belinda Aparicio Diaz, Alexia Prskawetz

Volume: 29 Article ID: 37
Pages: 963–998
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.37

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19 July 2011 | research article

The contribution of increases in family benefits to Australia’s early 21st-century fertility increase: An empirical analysis

Nick Parr

Volume: 25 Article ID: 6
Pages: 215–244
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.6

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02 February 2011 | summary

Preface to the Rostock Debate on Demographic Change

Laura Bernardi, Pascal Hetze

Volume: 24 Article ID: 6
Pages: 175–178
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.6

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02 February 2011 | reflection

Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO"

Gerda Neyer

Volume: 24 Article ID: 10
Pages: 225–250
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.10

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22 June 2010 | research article

Understanding the long term effects of family policies on fertility: The diffusion of different family models in France and Germany

Anne Salles, Clémentine Rossier, Sara Brachet

Volume: 22 Article ID: 34
Pages: 1057–1096
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.34

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01 July 2008 | research article

Slovenia: Generous family policy without evidence of any fertility impact

Nada Stropnik, Milivoja Šircelj

Volume: 19 Article ID: 26
Pages: 1019–1058
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.26

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01 July 2008 | research article

Spain: Short on children and short on family policies

Margarita Delgado, Gerardo Meil, Francisco Zamora-López

Volume: 19 Article ID: 27
Pages: 1059–1104
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.27

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08 June 2004 | reflection

Fertility and family policy in Norway - A reflection on trends and possible connections

Marit Rønsen

Volume: 10 Article ID: 10
Pages: 265–286
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.10.10

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17 April 2004 | research article

Women’s Labor Force Attachment and Childbearing in Finland

Andres Vikat

Special Collection: S3 Article ID: 8
Pages: 177–212
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.S3.8

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17 December 2002 | research article

Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany: Transitions to first birth and first marriage

Jean-Marie Le Goff

Volume: 7 Article ID: 18
Pages: 593–624
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2002.7.18

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03 May 2002 | research article

Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce: A Comparison between the former East and West Germany

Henriette Engelhardt, Heike Trappe, Jaap Dronkers

Volume: 6 Article ID: 11
Pages: 295–324
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2002.6.11

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19 February 2001 | research article

Gender and family stability: Dissolution of the first parental union in Sweden and Hungary

Livia Sz. Oláh

Volume: 4 Article ID: 2
Pages: 29–96
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2001.4.2

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15 March 2000 | descriptive finding

New fertility trends in Norway

Trude Lappegård

Volume: 2 Article ID: 3
Pages: –
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2000.2.3

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