How cash support and tax relief may matter for third births in Hungary
Importance du soutien financier et des allégements fiscaux pour les troisièmes naissances en Hongrie
Zsolt Spéder, Lívia Murinkó, Livia Sz. Oláh
Well targeted policy measures can influence fertility even in times of intensive social and economic change. Analysing data from the Hungarian Generations and Gender Survey,
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Migrants’ fertility in Italy: a comparison between origin and destination
Fécondité des migrants en Italie: une comparaison entre pays d’origine et d’accueil
Roberto Impicciatore, Giuseppe Gabrielli, Anna Paterno
It is rarely possible to compare stayers in an origin country, migrants from that country and non-migrants in the destination country.
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Do childhood migration experiences affect migration behaviour in adulthood?
Les expériences de migration aux jeunes âges affectent-elles le migrations ultérieures?
Aude Bernard, Sergi Vidal
Aude Bernard and Sergi Vidal investigate the impact of childhood moves on internal migration behaviour in adulthood in 11 European countries. They find that childhood moves significantly increase the likelihood of moving in adulthood,
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Gender-asymmetric time allocation and divorce. A US-West Germany comparison
Répartition asymétrique du travail domestique et risque de divorce. Une comparaison entre les États-Unis et l’Allemagne de l’Ouest
Daniela Bellani, Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Examining couples in both the United States and western Germany, Daniela Bellani and Gøsta Esping-Andersen find lower divorce risks when the division of unpaid work is more balanced.
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Two centuries of change in the spatial inequality of mortality in France
Deux siècles d’évolution des inégalités spatiales de mortalité en France
Florian Bonnet, Hippolyte d’Albis
Spatial inequalities in mortality decreased in France between 1881 and 1980 (“the century of convergence”), and life expectancy increased at national level. However, Florian Bonnet and Hippolyte d’Albis show that the reduction in spatial inequalities
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Markedly lower child mortality in Malawi and Uganda with more educated mothers
Net recul de la mortalité infantile au Malawi et en Ouganda pour les mères plus instruites
Liliana Andriano, Christiaan Monden
Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, Liliana Andriano and Christiaan Monden show that, everything else equal, each additional year of maternal schooling reduces children’s probability of dying before age 5
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Family planning and child health care: the Peruvian case, 1996-2000
Planification familiale et soins de santé infantile : le cas du Pérou, 1996-2000
Marianna Battaglia, Nina Pallarés
In 1996-2000, for the first time in Peru, surgical contraception was promoted among indigenous women, and sometimes imposed upon them. As Marianna Battaglia and Nina Pallarés show, its overall positive impacts on contraceptive use and child mortality conceal substantial heterogeneity by ethnicity.
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Transnational families living between Africa and Europe
Familles transnationales entre l’Afrique et l’Europe
Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Kim Caarls, Cris Beauchemin
International migration and family life are frequently difficult to reconcile. Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Kim Caarls, and Cris Beauchemin focus on three cases (the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Senegal)
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