Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2012 (Volume 10): Education and the Global Fertility Transition

Contents: IntroductionEducation and the global fertility transition (K.S. James, Vegard Skribekk and Jan Van Bavel)Refereed ArticlesWomen`s education and fertilitsy transition ins sub-Saharan Africa (David Shapiro)A reassessment of the effects of female education and employment onf fertility in Nigeria (Onipede Wusu)One or two pathways to individual modernity? The effects of education on family formation among women in Japan and Germany (Bernhard Nauck and Rokuro Tabuchi)Spousal and parental roles among female student populations in 55 low- and middle-income countries (Albert Esteve, Jeroen Spijker, Tim Riffe and Joan Garcia)Number of children and cognitive abilities in later life (Valerie Bordone and Daniela Weber)The reversal of gender inequality in education, union formation and ferility in Europe (Jan van Bavel)