Fertility has declined markedly in European countries in the last decades, also in the Euregio regions South Tyrol, Trentino, and Tyrol. This poses many challenges for societies, for example shortages in labor supply. With this Ring Seminar 'Fertility in Comparative Perspective', we bring together researchers of the three involved universities, expert scholars from abroad, and students of the three universities to discuss several questions regarding fertility, including the effect of preferences, the role of structural barriers on the individual level (e.g. partners' employment), contextual factors (e.g., work-family policy, GDP), social stratification in fertility, and the influence of grandparental childcare. 

Alessandro Di Nallo (Max Planck Rostock):

Employment and Fertility

Willem Adema (OECD):

Fertility, employment and family policy

Introducono e discutono:

Stefani Scherer ed Agnese Vitali