Trends in European fertility: Should Europe try to increase its fertility rate...or just manage the consequences?

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Grant, Jonathan ^a,b   Hoorens, Stijn ^a   Sivadasan, Suja ^a   Loo, Mirjam Van Het ^a   Davanzo, Julie ^a   Hale, Lauren ^a   Butz, William ^a   Hardy, K ^b   Lutz, W ^b   Gee, D ^b   Swan, S ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Westbrook Centre ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Europe; Fertility; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRTH RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATION; POLICY; POLITICS; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FERTILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33645241857     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00634.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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