Low fertility in Europe : is there still reason to worry? /

Recent statistics suggest that fertility in Europe shows signs of recovery after decades of year-on-year drops. This report updates a study on low fertility from 2004 and explores the extent, causes and consequences of the recent recovery.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoorens, Stijn
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, 2011.
Subjects:	Fertility > Europe. SCIENCE > Applied Sciences. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Inventions. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography. Fertility. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1: Introduction
chapter 2: Demographic trends: what the data tell us
chapter 3: Drivers of fertility: what the literature tells us
chapter 4: Case study: Germany
chapter 5: Case study: Poland
chapter 6: Case study: Spain
chapter 7: Case study: Sweden
chapter 8: Case study: United Kingdom
chapter 9: Conclusions and implications for policy
Appendix A: The potential consequences of population ageing
Appendix B: The other drivers of population dynamics.