countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …-earner) family system until the second half of the 20th century. Now we can observe that social changes that happened in Germany … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …

comparative perspective / Makoto Atoh -- Promoting gender equality, birthrates or human capital? Germany, Japan, and family policy …Silver employment in Germany : trends and consequences for the management of an ageing workforce / Christiane Hipp and … -- Demographic change and challenges from a regional perspective : the case of Germany / Franz-Josef Kemper -- Recent in-migration to …

countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …-earner) family system until the second half of the 20th century. Now we can observe that social changes that happened in Germany … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. -- Out-of-wedlock childbearing ; fertility ; family law …