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 …

BACKGROUND Never before have parents in most Western societies had their first children
as late as in recent decades. What are the central reasons for postponement? What is …

Despite evidence from other regions, researchers and policy-makers remain skeptical that
women's disproportionate childcare responsibilities act as a significant barrier to women's …

Introducing findings from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe
(SHARE), this research complements the large number of recent US studies on the role of …

This paper examines the theoretical propositions and empirical evidence linking policies
and fertility. More specifically, the analysis presented in this paper draws attention to the …

Using data from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this article
continues and extends recent cross‐national research on proximity and contacts of older …

Hillary Clinton may have popularized the proverb" it takes a village to raise a child" in her
1996 book, but interest in who raises children had been widespread among both …

The authors examined whether the provision of child care helps older adults maintain better
cognitive functioning. Descriptive evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and …

This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological
approaches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as family policies, on …

Global population is at a turning point. At the end of 2004, the majority of the world's
population is believed to live in countries or regions of belowreplacement fertility, and the …