NORDPARENT project receives funding from the ROCKWOOL Foundation

The new project will investigate the role of housing and longitudinal careers as determinants of later and forgone parenthood in the Nordic countries.

The new project “Determinants of later and forgone parenthood in the Nordic countries: examining the role of housing and labor market careers” targets a timely topic of postponed fertility in Northern Europe.

Previous research shows that the declines can be largely attributed to fewer first births and the entry into parenthood has been delayed among co-residing couples.

The new project will study whether changes in the housing situation of young adults, such as changes in house prices and delays in their access to home ownership, as well as the unfolding of their work careers, have contributed to the recent declines.

The project aims further to disentangle between determinants of changing fertility which are common to the Nordic countries, as well as to pinpoint any country specifics.

ROCKWOOL Foundation funds the NORDPARENT project, which is a Nordic collaboration project involving researchers from four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

As part of the research project, university research fellow Jessica Nisén from the INVEST Research Flagship Centre, University of Turku, in Finland receives a grant of €240,000. Starting in 2024, the project lasts for three years.

“We aim to shed light on the changing family-demographic landscape in Northern Europe,” Nisén says.