Fertility in Developed Countries

Alicia Adsera

doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2715

Fertility in Developed Countries

Alicia Adsera

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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After completing the first demographic transition, developed countries experienced a fertility boom in the post-Second World War period. However, after the 1960s fertility rates fell dramatically and now, in 2007, stand below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman in most of these countries. The entry of women into the workforce, economic development and changes in values and secularization are the causes of this demographic transformation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Third Edition
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	4528-4534
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781349951895
ISBN (Print)	9781349951888
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2715
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Business, Management and Accounting

Keywords

Capital intensity
Child care
Demographic transition
Family planning
Fertility in developed countries
Household production
Infant mortality
Labour market institutions
Labour supply
Second demographic transition
Unemployment
Wage differentials
Welfare state
Women’s work and wages

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