Gerda Neyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 273254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerda Neyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerda |
| FAMILY NAME | Neyer |
| SIGNATURE | NEYER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 557 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes a Deterrent to Childbearing?
Not Only Births, But Also Intentions
The decline in total fertility rates in Western countries, particularly the Nordic countries, has puzzled demographers. Researchers assume that the decline is associated with increasing perceptions of uncertainties about the future. In this study, we explore whether childbearing intentions have also declined and whether individuals have become more uncertain about future childbearing. To do so, we compare childbearing intentions expressed by part…
Trends in Completed Fertility by Educational Field
Previous research on fertility by field of education has revealed stronger fertility variation than by the more frequently studied metric of educational level. However, this line of research has not focused on both men and women and changes across cohorts. Our study is the first to analyze cohort trends in fertility by field of education for both sexes and includes the cohorts of educational expansion and the development towards the dual-earner-d…
Trust and Fertility Intentions in High-Trust Sweden
Trust has recently received some attention in demographic literature as one potential factor for fertility considerations in post-industrial societies. It has been argued that trust is relevant in a number of different ways, including as a resilience mechanism against different perceived uncertainties that may affect childrearing decisions. Trust is also related to a host of positive political and economic outcomes, all of which enable childbeari…
Social Investment Policies and Childbearing Across 20 Countries
This study analyses the influence of family policies on women’s first and second births in 20 countries over the period 1995 to 2007. Welfare states have shifted towards social investment policies, yet family policy–fertility research has not explicitly considered this development. We distinguish between social investment-oriented and passive support that families may receive upon the birth of a child and consider changes in policies over time. T…
Family policy support for the earner-carer and traditional-family models in Lithuania and Sweden
Family policies influence how men and women structure their time in the labour market and in the home. However, analyses based on expenditure data, regime types and single policies, cannot represent how policies support individuals’ labour market attachment and care for children. We explore harmonised data on social policies over time to describe how policies support earner-carer and traditional family models in Lithuania and Sweden. We use these…
Beyond the Economic Gaze
During the 2010s, fertility rates fell across the Nordic region. The onset of these declines seems linked to the Great Recession of 2008–2009, but their continuation cannot easily be linked to subsequent economic change. The 1990s, too, brought episodes of economic crises to the Nordic region that were followed by different degrees of fertility decline. In this study, we provide an empirical overview of parity-, age- and education-specific fertil…
Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution
Disentangling the complexity of family policies
Family policies influence how men and women structure their time in the labour market and in the home. Analyses based on expenditure data, regime types, and single policies, however, cannot represent how policies support individualsâ labour market attachme
Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries
Systematic comparisons of fertility developments based on education, gender and country context are rare. Using harmonized register data, we compare cohort total fertility and ultimate childlessness by gender and educational attainment for cohorts born beginning in 1940 in four Nordic countries. Cohort fertility (CTF) initially declined in all four countries, although for cohorts born in the 1950s and later, the CTF remained stable or declined on…
Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Demographic theories maintain that family policies that support gender equality may lead to higher fertility levels in postindustrial societies. This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. These countries have parental le
Exploring Leave Policy Preferences
This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, self-interest, and ideational theoretical approaches are used to explore the factors shaping individuals' preferences (ISSP 2012 data). Findings show dramatic cross-country differences, suggesting the institutional dimension is most …
The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme
Differences in demographic behaviours across countries and subnational regions have stimulated interest in studying the relationships between individual characteristics and the contexts in which individuals are embedded. Analytical approaches that include
Anna Matysiak
The Demography of Europe
Welfare States, Family Policies, and Fertility in Europe
Gender Equality and Fertility
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO
This paper argues against the suggestion that governments should push for gender equality more aggressively in order to raise fertility. The paper presents a threefold "no" to this proposal. It takes issue with the goal of raising fertility, arguing that the claims that fertility must be increased are based on myths. It rejects a more aggressive pursuit of gender equality for demographic purposes, maintaining that this method preserves inequality…
Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries
Previous analyses of period fertility suggest that the trends of the Nordic countries are sufficiently similar that we may speak of a common "Nordic fertility regime". We investigate whether this assumption can be corroborated by comparing cohort ferti
Education and permanent childlessness
In this research note we extend our previous study of the association between educational attainment and permanent childlessness in Sweden In both investigations we have defined educational attainment in terms of both educational level and educational field. We find largely the same pattern of childlessness by educational field in both countries; in particular at each educational level women educated for teaching jobs or for health occupations ty…
Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior
This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological approaches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as family policies, on childbearing behavior. We employ elements of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of "constructed categories," and of "the new institutionalism" to demonstrate that investigations into policy effects need to contextualize policies and need to reduce thei…
Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior
This paper argues that theoretical and methodological aspects account for the ambiguous results of investigations into the effects of family policies on fertility.
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)
The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describ
Family policies and fertility in Europe
This article explores the relationship between family policies, fertility, employment and care. It suggests that similar family policies are likely to exert different effects in different contexts. It argues that a proper assessment of effects of family policies needs to take the combined spectrum of gender relations, welfare-state structures, and labor-market development into account.
Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59
This is the second of two companion papers addressing the association between educational attainment and fertility for some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education. The first pape
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)
The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describ
Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries
Systematic comparisons of fertility developments based on education, gender and country context are rare. Using harmonized register data, we compare cohort total fertility and ultimate childlessness by gender and educational attainment for cohorts born beginning in 1940 in four Nordic countries. Cohort fertility (CTF) initially declined in all four countries, although for cohorts born in the 1950s and later, the CTF remained stable or declined on…
Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior
This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological approaches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as family policies, on childbearing behavior. We employ elements of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of "constructed categories," and of "the new institutionalism" to demonstrate that investigations into policy effects need to contextualize policies and need to reduce thei…
Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries
Previous analyses of period fertility suggest that the trends of the Nordic countries are sufficiently similar that we may speak of a common "Nordic fertility regime". We investigate whether this assumption can be corroborated by comparing cohort ferti
Gender Equality and Fertility
Education and childlessness
In this paper we extend the concept of educational attainment to cover the field of education taken in addition to the conventional level of education attained. Our empirical investigation uses register records containing childbearing and educational h
Autonomy or conservative adjustment? The effect of public policies and educational attainment on third births in Austria, 1975-96
Die Quote der dritten Geburten ist in Oesterreich im Zeitraum zwischen dem Ende der 1970er Jahre und der Mitte der 1990er Jahre um ueber 50% gesunken. In den Jahren bis 1991/92 wurden die dritten Geburten zudem hinausgezoegert. Diese Tendenz endete mit dem Inkrafttreten neuer Regelungen zum Elternurlaub, durch die Frauen beguenstigt wurden, die ihr zweites oder folgendes Kind kurz nach dem vorhergehenden bekamen. Es finden sich keine Anzeichen da…
Beyond the Economic Gaze
During the 2010s, fertility rates fell across the Nordic region. The onset of these declines seems linked to the Great Recession of 2008–2009, but their continuation cannot easily be linked to subsequent economic change. The 1990s, too, brought episodes of economic crises to the Nordic region that were followed by different degrees of fertility decline. In this study, we provide an empirical overview of parity-, age- and education-specific fertil…
Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59
This is the second of two companion papers addressing the association between educational attainment and fertility for some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education. The first pape
Exploring Leave Policy Preferences
This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, self-interest, and ideational theoretical approaches are used to explore the factors shaping individuals' preferences (ISSP 2012 data). Findings show dramatic cross-country differences, suggesting the institutional dimension is most …
Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution
Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Demographic theories maintain that family policies that support gender equality may lead to higher fertility levels in postindustrial societies. This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. These countries have parental le
Contemporary Research on European Fertility
This paper introduces a collection of related studies on different aspects of research on European fertility and family dynamics. The authors who have contributed to this special Volume presented their papers at a working party at the Max Planck Instit
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO
This paper argues against the suggestion that governments should push for gender equality more aggressively in order to raise fertility. The paper presents a threefold "no" to this proposal. It takes issue with the goal of raising fertility, arguing that the claims that fertility must be increased are based on myths. It rejects a more aggressive pursuit of gender equality for demographic purposes, maintaining that this method preserves inequality…
Disentangling the complexity of family policies
Family policies influence how men and women structure their time in the labour market and in the home. Analyses based on expenditure data, regime types, and single policies, however, cannot represent how policies support individualsâ labour market attachme
The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme
Differences in demographic behaviours across countries and subnational regions have stimulated interest in studying the relationships between individual characteristics and the contexts in which individuals are embedded. Analytical approaches that include
Debate
ein wichtiges Instrument, um Frauen den Weg in Fhrungspositionen zu erleichtern und ihre Arbeit dort weniger angreifbar zu machen. Von einer grsseren Zahl an Frauen in gehobeneren und hheren Positionen verspricht man sich eine Signalwirkung auf die nachwachsende weibliche Generation. Diese Differenzierung fhrt, wie allenthalben sichtbar und schon vom modernen soziologische Klassiker Georg Sim
Gisela Bock u. Pat Thane Hg., Maternity and Gender Policies. Women and the Rise of the European Welfare States 1880s-1950s. Ann Taylor Allen, Feminism and Motherhood in Germany, 1800-1914. Valerie Fil…
Debate
ein wichtiges Instrument, um Frauen den Weg in Fhrungspositionen zu erleichtern und ihre Arbeit dort weniger angreifbar zu machen. Von einer grsseren Zahl an Frauen in gehobeneren und hheren Positionen verspricht man sich eine Signalwirkung auf die nachwachsende weibliche Generation. Diese Differenzierung fhrt, wie allenthalben sichtbar und schon vom modernen soziologische Klassiker Georg Sim
Autonomy or conservative adjustment? The effect of public policies and educational attainment on third births in Austria
The standardised rate of third births declined by over 50 percent in Austria between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s. The third birth was also postponed gradually over the years up through 1991-92, after which the tempo of childbearing suddenly increased in response to a change in the parental-leave policy. This new policy inadvertently favoured women who had their second or subsequent child shortly after their previous one. We cannot find any i…
Autonomy or conservative adjustment? The effect of public policies and educational attainment on third births in Austria, 1975-96
Die Quote der dritten Geburten ist in Oesterreich im Zeitraum zwischen dem Ende der 1970er Jahre und der Mitte der 1990er Jahre um ueber 50% gesunken. In den Jahren bis 1991/92 wurden die dritten Geburten zudem hinausgezoegert. Diese Tendenz endete mit dem Inkrafttreten neuer Regelungen zum Elternurlaub, durch die Frauen beguenstigt wurden, die ihr zweites oder folgendes Kind kurz nach dem vorhergehenden bekamen. Es finden sich keine Anzeichen da…
Family policies and low fertility in Western Europe
This article examines current family policies in Western Europe against the backdrop of fertility decline in Europe. Its objective is to depict the nature of family policies from a cross-national perspective in order to illuminate potential relationships between them and demographic patterns. The article concentrates on those family policies that constitute the core of welfare-state policies related to childbearing and the rearing of children: Ma…
Gender and generations dimensions in welfare-state policies
This note outlines welfare-state research that could possibly provide a framework for the collection of demographically relevant gender-and generationsensitive welfare-state data for the GGS contextual database. It has been prepared for the Gender-and-Generations Program and is the basis of further work of the Contextual Working Group of the Gender-and-Generations Program.
Contemporary Research on European Fertility
This paper introduces a collection of related studies on different aspects of research on European fertility and family dynamics. The authors who have contributed to this special Volume presented their papers at a working party at the Max Planck Instit
A summary of Special Collection 3
Special Collection 3: Contemporary Research on European Fertility: Perspectives and Developments was produced as a surprise in honor of Jan M. Hoem on his 65th birthday. The authors who have contributed to this special Volume presented their pape
Family policies and fertility in Europe
This article explores the relationship between family policies, fertility, employment and care. It suggests that similar family policies are likely to exert different effects in different contexts. It argues that a proper assessment of effects of family policies needs to take the combined spectrum of gender relations, welfare-state structures, and labor-market development into account.
Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59
This is the second of two companion papers addressing the association between educational attainment and fertility for some sixty educational groups of Swedish women, defined according to field of education as well as level of education. The first pape
Education and childlessness
In this paper we extend the concept of educational attainment to cover the field of education taken in addition to the conventional level of education attained. Our empirical investigation uses register records containing childbearing and educational h
Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior
This paper argues that theoretical and methodological aspects account for the ambiguous results of investigations into the effects of family policies on fertility.
Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)
The Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) is one of the two pillars of the Generations and Gender Programme designed to improve understanding of demographic and social development and of the factors that influence these developments. This article describ
Education and permanent childlessness
In this research note we extend our previous study of the association between educational attainment and permanent childlessness in Sweden In both investigations we have defined educational attainment in terms of both educational level and educational field. We find largely the same pattern of childlessness by educational field in both countries; in particular at each educational level women educated for teaching jobs or for health occupations ty…
Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior
This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological approaches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as family policies, on childbearing behavior. We employ elements of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of "constructed categories," and of "the new institutionalism" to demonstrate that investigations into policy effects need to contextualize policies and need to reduce thei…
Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries
Previous analyses of period fertility suggest that the trends of the Nordic countries are sufficiently similar that we may speak of a common "Nordic fertility regime". We investigate whether this assumption can be corroborated by comparing cohort ferti
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO
This paper argues against the suggestion that governments should push for gender equality more aggressively in order to raise fertility. The paper presents a threefold "no" to this proposal. It takes issue with the goal of raising fertility, arguing that the claims that fertility must be increased are based on myths. It rejects a more aggressive pursuit of gender equality for demographic purposes, maintaining that this method preserves inequality…
The Demography of Europe
Welfare States, Family Policies, and Fertility in Europe
Gender Equality and Fertility
Anna Matysiak
The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Programme
Differences in demographic behaviours across countries and subnational regions have stimulated interest in studying the relationships between individual characteristics and the contexts in which individuals are embedded. Analytical approaches that include
Exploring Leave Policy Preferences
This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, self-interest, and ideational theoretical approaches are used to explore the factors shaping individuals' preferences (ISSP 2012 data). Findings show dramatic cross-country differences, suggesting the institutional dimension is most …
Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries
Systematic comparisons of fertility developments based on education, gender and country context are rare. Using harmonized register data, we compare cohort total fertility and ultimate childlessness by gender and educational attainment for cohorts born beginning in 1940 in four Nordic countries. Cohort fertility (CTF) initially declined in all four countries, although for cohorts born in the 1950s and later, the CTF remained stable or declined on…
Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Demographic theories maintain that family policies that support gender equality may lead to higher fertility levels in postindustrial societies. This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. These countries have parental le
Sociology (26 works) · Economics (22 works) · Demography (21 works) · Political science (20 works) · Fertility (18 works) · Population (17 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (17 works) · Demographic economics (16 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (16 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (14 works)