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At the turn of the twentieth century Italy registered a lowest-low fertility level, i.e., a total fertility rate of 1 …
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for women married between 1949 and 2006. Data are drawn from the Survey of Fertility, Family and Values of 2006. The … stress the declining importance of socio-economic variables, such as education and the labour market situation of women. …
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A number of studies show that premarital cohabitation is associated with an increased risk of subsequent marital dissolution. Some argue that this is a consequence of selection effects and that once these are controlled for premarital cohabitation has no effect on dissolution. We examine the...
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This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually. A circular migration system...
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associated. As the proportion of births occurring outside of marriage remains low in Japan, fertility is still significantly … women. Previous studies have suggested that the economic independence associated with higher education is at the root of … this negative relationship, but how persistent will this relationship prove to be? As women’s education rapidly catches up …
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This paper examines the relationship between home-leaving intensities of young adults and the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that took place in post-World War II Japan. By using event-history modeling, the study shows that the declines in sibling numbers and in rural residence...
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modernization and geared to promote women’s status, all segments of the population are rapidly changing their fertility behavior …
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near stagnation in the reduction of fertility levels in the last decade. The progression from second to third birth is a … crucial component in fertility change, since the reduction especially of third and higher-order births maintains the fertility … that fertility differentials among the country’s social groups continue to persist. Moreover, the difficult change in the …
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A growing body of literature looks at the consequences of family migration from a gender perspective. The studies show that women’s economic well-being and employment suffer from family migration, which is usually stimulated by the career of the male earner in the family. This study extends...
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Over the last two decades, Europe has witnessed the spreading of a new phenomenon: cohabitation. Whereas this modern living arrangement has become relatively widespread in most European countries, it has been rather hesitant in developing in Italy. The welfare state structure of this country, a...
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