Families, financial strain, and the economic crisis: evidence from the USA Pilot Project and the FIM study • Anne H. Gauthier, University of Calgary ; Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., University of Pennsylvania ; Shelley Pacholok, University of British Columbia at Kelowna

Economic context and fertility outcomes: exploring educational differentials in postponement and recuperation of first births in Belgium, France and the Netherlands • Karel Neels, University of Antwerp

Low second birth rates in Eastern and Southern Europe: interactions between economic uncertainty and norms about parenthood • Joanna Rozanska, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; Jan Van Bavel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Economic recession and fertility in the developed world • Tomas Sobotka, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Vegard Skirbekk, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Dimiter Philipov, Vienna Institute of Demography