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 …

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively … to Europe it has achieved little penetration to date. To assess whether there is fertile ground for discussion of social …