Population Policy Dilemmas in Europe at the Dawn of the Twenty‐First Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7980286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Demeny (Population Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00001.x |
| OpenAlex | W2131386192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 56 |
| References cited | 4 |
The article discusses issues raised by persistent below‐replacement fertility in Europe. The continent's demographic predicament is highlighted by comparing age structures and relative population sizes between populations in and outside Europe—such as those of Russia and Yemen and those of an enlarged 25‐country European Union and a 25‐country hinterland to the EU in North Africa and West Asia—during the past 50 years and prospectively up to 2050, based on United Nations estimates and projections. Potential geopolitical aspects of the population shifts are considered. European policy responses to them are found largely wanting. With respect to the key demographic variable, fertility, explicit pronatalism is rejected by most European governments. A set of policy measures that commands wide support, with the hoped‐for side effect of raising birth rates, seeks to make women's participation in the formal labor force compatible with childrearing. The effectiveness of such measures, however, is likely to be limited. Continued below‐replacement fertility, higher immigration from outside Europe, negative population growth, and loss of demographic weight within the global population are safe predictions for the Europe of the twenty‐first century
Birth rate · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Fertility · Geography · Geopolitics · Immigration · International trade · Political science · Population · Population growth · Projections of population growth · Social policy · Sociology · Sub-replacement fertility · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
Education and Fertility
On the causes of increasing world poverty and inequality, or why the Matthew effect prevails
Success Is Satisfaction with What You Have'? Biographical Work–Life Balance of Older Female Employees in Public Administration
Managing without growth
Is Low Fertility a Twenty-First-Century Demographic Crisis
How We Fall Apart
Perceived discrimination and depression among new migrants to Hong Kong
European Demographic Change and Welfare Challenges
What About Fertility? The Unintentional Pro-natalism of a Nordic Country
Tomorrow’s parents? Exploring the fertility intentions of young adults in Hungary
Policies to support families and population Rejuvenation in Iran
Gender equality policy in comparative perspective
Low’ fertility and population replacement in Scotland
Reproductive Decisions of the 1970-1984 Cohort Born in Lithuania
Continuity and change in Swedish family policy reforms
Long-run trends of human aging and longevity
Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality
Europe in the 21st century
Migracijska kriza in migracijska politika v Evropi
Fertility
Fertility
Fertility and Public Policy
Les politiques de population
Integrating Varieties of Life Course Concepts
Homeownership Regimes and Low Fertility
Housing price, elderly dependency and fertility behaviour
Evidencia Internacional Sobre Políticas De Fecundidad Y Las Propuestas Para El Caso Uruguayo
Towards long-term population decline
Sub-Replacement Fertility Intentions in Austria
Preference Theory and Low Fertility
The Popular Debate about Low Fertility
Local Childcare Availability and Dual-Earner Fertility
Demographic and Economic Implications of Alternative U.S. Immigration Policies
Three Fertility Compromises and Two Transitions
Sweden and the failure of European family policy
Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway
Is low fertility a twenty-first-century demographic crisis
Intended and Ideal Family Size in the United States, 1970-2002
Population, Policy, and Politics
Intrinsic Growth Rates and Net Reproduction Rates in the Presence of Migration
China's Below-Replacement Fertility
Two Is Best? The Persistence of a Two‐Child Family Ideal in Europe
The Next 50 Years
Long‐Term Population Decline in Europe
Migration and Intergenerational Replacement in Europe
Is Lowest‐Low Fertility in Europe Explained by the Postponement of Childbearing
The Political Demography of the World System, 2000-2050
Explanations of the fertility crisis in modern societies
Demographers' interest in fertility trends and determinants in developed countries
Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO
Overview Chapter 8
Low Fertility at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior
Divergent Patterns in the Ethnic Transformation of Societies
Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway
| Unique citing works | 56 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,43 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |