The vicious link between gender inequality and low fertility: a comparison between Italy and United Kingdom • Letizia Mencarini, University of Florence ; Maria-Letizia Tanturri, University of Pavia

First childbearing at higher ages in Sweden and Poland • Livia Olah, Stockholm University ; Ewa Fratczak, Warsaw School of Economics

Fatherhood in a new millennium. a country comparison: Austria, Germany, Finland, Hungary and Italy • Irene Mariam Tazi-Preve, Austrian Institute for Family Studies ; Jürgen Dorbritz, Federal Institute of Population Research

Stepfamilies in Denmark and France. Does the number of previous children from both partners and whether the previous children reside with the couple influence fertility? • Laurent Toulemon, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Lisbeth B. Knudsen, Aalborg University