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  • It is widely-known that fertility levels in Israel are very high relative to other developed countries. This chapter discusses other exceptional aspects of Israel’s fertility, most of which are much less well-known, even though they may have significant implications for public policy. Our focus is on: Who is having children, at what age, within marriage? How educated are they? Among the key results, we find: (1) Over the last 15 years, fertility in Israel has increased by 0.2 children, even as Haredi and Arab fertility has fallen, and even as the mean age at first birth has increased by at least 2 years in Israel’s Jewish, Christian, and Druze populations. (2) Non-marital fertility rates remain among the lowest in the OECD, though they are rising, especially among women in their 30s and early 40s. (3) Rates of childlessness in Israel are low by international standards, especially for Jewish women — for women aged 45 and over, the rates are more than twice as high among Israeli Arabs. (4) The difference in overall fertility levels between Israel and other developed countries is disproportionately driven by higher Israeli fertility at later ages — 30s into early 40s — and higher fertility among more educated Israelis. Combining these findings, we conclude that a higher proportion of children in Israel are born to older parents and college-educated parents than is the case in other OECD countries, and a smaller percentage live in single-parent households. We briefly discuss the implications of this for a range of educational and welfare policies. (xsd:string)
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