The challenge of global population aging has been brought into sharper focus by the
financial crisis of 2008. In particular, growing national debt has drawn government attention …

References to the second demographic transition (SDT) have increased dramatically in the
past two decades. The SDT predicts unilinear change toward very low fertility and a diversity …

Research on precarious work and its consequences overwhelmingly focuses on the
economic dimension of precarity, epitomized by low wages. But the rise in precarious work …

The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic
research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great …

Résumé Cet article présente un aperçu des recherches dans le domaine de la fécondité
réalisées dans les sociétés dites avancées, c'est-à-dire les sociétés dans lesquelles le …

This article had four goals. First, the authors identified a set of general challenges and
questions that a life-span theory of development should address. Second, they presented a …

Current levels of youth unemployment need to be understood in the context of increased
labor market flexibility, an expansion of higher education, youth migration, and family …

In der ersten Auflage–einem kleinen roten Büchlein–stand schon damals–gut recherchiert,
systematisiert und verständlich geschrieben–alles drin, was es Wissenswertes über die …

Recent theories about social and demographic change, such as individualization and the
Second Demographic Transition, embed the notion of a convergence towards a specific …

This article reviews the similarities and differences in the transition to adulthood in Europe.
Recent change and the still striking diversity in pathways to adulthood in Europe have …