The Empirical Analysis of East German Fertility after Unification
Type
applied research project
Start Date
August 30, 2005
End Date
August 30, 2005
Status
completed
Description
German unification led a drastic decline in the East German birth rate. Our research explains this phenomena by the importance of an adjustment process of the East German fertility pattern with early births towards the West German pattern with fairly late births.
Leader contributor(s)
Brill, Felix
Partner(s)
Researcher: Michael Lechner
Funder
Eprints ID
19477