1. Fertility Intentions in Uncertain Times: The Effect of Global Shocks in Italy, Argentina, the USA, and Germany • Arnstein Aassve, Bocconi University; Letizia Mencarini , Bocconi University; Chen Peng, Bocconi University; Samuel Plach, Bocconi University; Alonso Roman Amarales, Bocconi University; Maria Letizia Tanturri, University of Padova.

2. Employment Security or Family Planning? Employment Transitions and Desired Fertility in South Korea • Younga Kim , Pukyong National University.

3. Beyond Usual Suspects: Revisiting Barriers to Childbearing Decisions in a Low Fertility Setting • Anna Kurowska , University of Warsaw; Anna Matysiak, University of Warsaw; Magdalena Grabowska, University of Warsaw.

4. Global Uncertainty, Fertility Intentions and Realization in Norway • Trude Lappegard , University of Oslo; Lars Dommermuth, Statistics Norway; Axel Peter Kristensen, University of Oslo.

5. Leaving uncertainty behind: a cross-country analysis of fertility intentions • Lucas Augusto van der Velde , Warsaw School of Economics; Magdalena Smyk-Szymanska, Warsaw School of Economics; Wioletta Grzenda, SGH Warsaw School of Economics.