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Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality
Oláh, Livia Sz.; Bernhardt, Eva - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 28, pp. 1105-1144
Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s …, and the 1990s showed both European-highest and lowest-ever-in-Sweden levels, while the cohort pattern has been relatively … having a ‘foreign background’ in the early 2000s. The level of female labor-force participation is the highest in Europe …
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´Just Living Together´
González, María-José; Miret-Gamundi, Pau; Treviño, … - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 16, pp. 445-478
This article tests the assumption that cohabitation makes a difference in the allocation of child care responsibilities within couples. It has often been presumed that cohabiting individuals are less likely to adhere to traditional gender ideology than married persons, because they tend to have...
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Intergenerational family constellations in contemporary Europe
Puur, Allan; Sakkeus, Luule; Põldma, Asta; Herm, Anne - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 4, pp. 135-172
regimes comes together into specific patterns of intergenerational family constellations across Europe. This convergence may …
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The effects of integration and transnational ties on international return migration intentions
Haas, Hein de; Fokkema, Tineke - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 24, pp. 755-782
While return migration is receiving increasing attention, there is still insufficient insight into the factors which determine migrants’ intentions and decisions to return. It is often assumed that integration in receiving countries and the concomitant weakening of transnational ties...
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Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in?
Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra J. - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 14, pp. 465-490
In this paper we present indicators of household structure for 26 of the 27 countries of the post-enlargement European Union. As well as broad indicators of household type, we present statistics on single-person and extended-family households, and on the households of children and older people....
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The interplay of employment uncertainty and education in explaining second births in Europe
Adsera, Alicia - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 16, pp. 513-544
employment characterize recent labor market instability in Europe. This paper analyzes the associations between timing to a …
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Preface to the Rostock Debate on Demographic Change
Bernardi, Laura; Hetze, Pascal - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 6, pp. 175-178
question: Should governments in Europe push much more aggressively for gender equality to raise fertility? The four debaters … Institute of Demography (Austria), Livia Oláh from Stockholm University (Sweden), and Gerda Neyer from the Max Planck Institute …
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Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO"
Neyer, Gerda - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 10, pp. 225-250
This paper argues against the suggestion that governments should push for gender equality more aggressively in order to raise fertility. The paper presents a threefold “no†to this proposal. It takes issue with the goal of raising fertility, arguing that the claims that fertility must...
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Albania: Trends and patterns, proximate determinants and policies of fertility change
Gjonca, Arjan; Aassve, Arnstein; Mencarini, Letizia - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 11, pp. 261-292
For a very long time, Albania has had one of the highest levels of fertility in Europe: in 2002 the total fertility … rate of 2.2 children per woman was the highest in Europe. Although this current level is high, the country has experienced …
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Reconciling studies of men’s gender attitudes and fertility
Goldscheider, Frances; Oláh, Livia Sz.; Puur, Allan - In: Demographic Research 22 (2010) 8, pp. 189-198
A reflexion by Westoff and Higgins (2009) in response to a study by Puur, Oláh, Tazi-Preve and Dorbritz (2008) has been recently published in this journal. Both articles addressed the relationship between men’s gender attitudes and fertility, using different datasets and quite different...
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