Dr. Agnese Vitali Talk, University of Trento, Italy

Re-examining income and fertility within couples: Evidence from Italy

This contribution studies the association between economic characteristics and short-term fertility intentions, i.e., the best predictor for realized fertility, among Italian women and men in heterosexual couples.  Alongside usual measures of employment status for both women and men, we consider - for the first time for Italy - the couples' absolute and relative incomes, measured, respectively, by the total disposable income and the contribution of each partner to the total couple's income.