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Union Formation, Marriage and First Birth: Convergence Across Cohorts in Austria, Hungary, Northern Italy and Slovenia?

    Marija Mamolo

VID Working Papers, pp. 1-26, 2021/12/06

doi: 10.1553/0x003d0a69


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doi:10.1553/0x003d0a69

Abstract

The interplay between changes of different demographic determinants may trigger orprevent convergence of various dimensions of demographic behaviour both within andbetween countries of western and Eastern Europe. We investigate whether convergence ordivergence dynamics prevail across cohorts in Austria, Hungary, northern Italy andSlovenia with regard to union formation and transition to motherhood. Our findingssuggest that convergence in patterns of union formation and first birth is far from beingachieved across the countries considered. Postponement of family formation andmotherhood has spread, but between-country differences persist and even suggestdiverging cross-country patterns.

Keywords: Union formation, marriage, first birth, childbearing, convergence