Low and Lower Fertility

Variations across Developed Countries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

719 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

This volume examines two distinct low fertility scenarios that have emerged in economically advanced countries since the turn of the 20th century: one in which fertility is at or near replacement-level and the other where fertility is well below replacement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-10-19
Mått155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt465 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor188
Upplaga15001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319214818

Tillhör följande kategorier

Ronald R. Rindfuss is a Research Professor in the Department of Sociology, Adjunct Professor in the Geography Department, and a Fellow of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and a Senior Fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu, HI. He is Past President of the Population Association of America and a former Director of the Carolina Population Center. His research interests include fertility, population and the environment, migration and family demography.

1. Introduction and overview. Minja Kim Choe and Ronald R Rindfuss.- 2. The Surprise that Ought Not To Be: Sustained Low Fertility and Slow Policy Response in China. Wang Feng (University of California – Irvine and Fudan University, Shanghai).- 3. Singapore’s Pro-Natalist Policies: To What Extent Have They Worked? Gavin Jones (Nationa University of Singapore).- 4. Policy Responses to a Rapidly Ageing Population: Hong Kong, SAR. Stuart Basten (University of Oxford).- 5. Below-Replacement Fertility in Japan: Patterns, Factors and Policy Implications. Noriko O. Tsuya (Keio University).- 6. Low Fertility, Population Ageing, and Policy Response in South Korea. So-Young Lee (KIHASA).- 7. Variation in U.S. Fertility: Lowest-low and the Not-so-low. S. Philip Morgan (University of North Carolina).- 8. The Evolution of Population and Family Policy in Australia. Peter McDonald (The Australian National University).- 9. Policy Responses to Low Fertility and Population Ageing: The Case of the Netherlands. Melinda C. Mills (University of Groningen, moving June 2014 to Oxford University).