@article{e1c3228ba3bc44af8adb8482d9e8dbba,
title = "Trust and fertility dynamics",
abstract = "We argue that the divergence in fertility trends in advanced societies is influenced by the interaction of long-standing differences in generalized trust with theincreasein women's educational attainment. Our argument builds on the idea that trust enhances individuals' and couples' willingness to outsource childcare to outside their extended family. This becomes critically important as women's increased education leads to greater demand for combining work and family life. We test our hypothesis using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Study on 36 industrialized countries between the years 1981 and 2009. Multilevel statistical analyses reveal that the interaction between national-level generalized trust and cohort-level women's education is positively associated with completed fertility. As education among women expands, high levels of generalized trust moderate fertility decline.",
author = "Arnstein Aassve and Biliari, {Francesco C.} and L{\'e}a Pessin",
note = "Funding Information: The work has benefited from useful discussions with Leif Andreassen, Bruno Arpino, Joan Carreras Timoneda, Daniela del Boca, Pearl Dykstra, G{\o}sta Esping-Andersen, Vincenzo Galasso, Tale Hellevik, Chris Flinn, Diego Gambetta, Letizia Mencarini, Werner Raub, Wendy Sigle-Rushton, Thomas Siedler, Liat Raz-Yurovich, Jan van Bavel, Agnese Vitali, and participants at Alp-pop (La Thuile, 2001), AISP-SIS (Ancona, 2001), and at seminars at ISER (Essex) and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. Special thanks go to Vicky Bancroft. Arnstein Aassve gratefully acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council through the starting grant ERC-2007-StG-201194 (CODEC-Consequences of Demographic Change). Arnstein Aassve and Francesco Billari gratefully acknowledge support from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PRIN Programme-{"}Programmi di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale{"}). L{\'e}a Pessin gratefully acknowledges financial support during her PhD from the European Research Council through the advanced ERC Grant ERC-2010-AdG-269387 (Family Polarization, P.I. G{\o}sta Esping-Andersen) and during her postdoctoral fellowship from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University for Population Research Infrastructure (R24HD041025) and Family Demography Training (T-32HD007514).",
year = "2016",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1093/sf/sow080",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "95",
pages = "663--692",
journal = "Social Forces",
issn = "0037-7732",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}