10. T. Sobotka, Overview chapter 6: The diverse faces of the second demographic transition in Europe. Demographic research 19, 171-224 (2008). 11. R. Lesthaeghe, The Unfolding Story of the Second ...

The upshot of this rush into the demographic transition is a steady drop in global fertility and population growth. The world’s fertility rate, which stood at 3.5 births per woman in the mid ...

Tapani Valkonen ¹, Jenni Blomgren ², Timo M. Kauppinen ³, Pekka Martikainen ⁴, Elina Mäenpää ⁵, The effects of regional socioeconomic and cultural characteristics on the spatial patterns of the Second ...

It is undergoing an extreme, rapid example of what demographers call the ‘demographic transition’, a period of population swell, decline and eventual stabilisation that occurs as countries get ...

Japan is a good example of a country that has seen the negative impacts of the demographic drag. Swedroe: Don't Follow the Trading Herd Over the Cliff Aging Effects on Economic Growth ...

Demographic Transition, Inter-Generational Contracts and Old Age Security: An Emerging Challenge for Social Policy in Developing Countries. Published on 1 January 2002 . The world’s population is ...

Countries such as Italy, Japan, and Germany are already experiencing the effects of this demographic transition. Lower birth rates result in a smaller working-age population, ... For example, Nordic ...

The experiences of Japan, Sweden, and Finland, for example, can shed some light. Japan has the world’s highest proportion of population over 65 years, and has adopted a multi-pronged approach to ...

Demographic parameters. During the demographic transition, levels of child mortality and fertility decreased dramatically. For example, among individuals with landowning fathers, 58% of those born ...

The Second Demographic Transition is characterized by rises in divorce rates, ... Exception or textbook example? Population and Development Review 32, 669-698 (2006). 3. R.