The Second Demographic Transition Meets Globalization: A Comprehensive Theory to Understand Changes in Family Formation in an Era of Rising Uncertainty

Life Course Research and Social Policies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-33

  Mills, Melinda ^a   Blossfeld, Hans Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic Transition; Employment Protection Legislation; Family Formation; Information Communication Technology; Welfare Regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103735652     PISSN: 22117776     EISSN: 22117784     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8912-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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