People, Population Change and Policies

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Demographic Trends, Population Related Policies and General Attitudes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Demographic Change and Family Policy Regimes

      • Osmo Kontula, Ismo Söderling

      Pages 3-20

   3. Demographic Knowledge and Evaluation of Demographic Trends

      • Jürgen Dorbritz

      Pages 21-44

   4. Who Should Take Care for Them?

      • Ralf Mai, Robert Naderi, Peter Schimany

      Pages 45-63

   5. Changing Attitudes on Population Trends and Policies?

      • Jürgen Dorbritz

      Pages 65-89

3. Comparative Delphi-study

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. 2030: Another Europe?

      • Rossella Palomba, Piero Dell’Anno

      Pages 93-108

   3. Action Programs of Socio-political Actors

      • Alfred Bertschinger

      Pages 109-130

   4. Making Dialog Possible

      • Adele Menniti, Maura Misiti

      Pages 131-149

4. Gender Roles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Family-related Gender Attitudes

      • Dimiter Philipov

      Pages 153-174

   3. Gender and Fertility

      • Kerstin Ruckdeschel

      Pages 175-192

5. Intergenerational Solidarity and Elderly

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. Attitudes Towards Population Ageing and Older People

      • Ronald C. Schoenmaeckers, Marc Callens, Lieve Vanderleyden, Lucie Vidovićová

      Pages 195-220

   3. Activating Older Workers: Policies Versus Opinions and Expectations

      • Janina Jóźwiak, Irena E. Kotowska, Anita Abramowska

      Pages 221-243

   4. Only Fools Rush In?

      • Lucie Vidovićová, Beatrice Elena Manea, Ladislav Rabušic

      Pages 245-263

6. Policy Implications and Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265

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   2. The Need to Adapt and Reform Social Policy: Setting the Stage for Effective Population-friendly Policies

      • Dragana Avramov, Robert Cliquet

      Pages 267-286

   3. Conclusions

      • Charlotte Höhn

      Pages 287-324

European countries, including the DIALOG countries, have faced a major de- graphic change and transition in the last thirty years. They are experiencing lo- term downward trends in fertility, leading to demographic ageing. Fertility rates are now below replacement level in nearly all countries. As a result, natural p- ulation growth rates are starting to decline, or population sizes are falling o- right. At the same time, the proportion of elderly dependants continues to grow while the working-age population declines in absolute and relative terms (see Kontula and Miettinen 2005). Moreover, net immigration, which potentially could offset declines in working-age population, remains generally low in most European countries (Grant et al. 2004). There are a great number of societal problems that arise from this demographic transition. The International Monetary Fund (2004) argues that the impact of - coming demographic changes on economical growth could be substantial. The h- toric association between demographicand macro-economicvariablessuggests that the projected increase in elderly dependency ratios and the projected decline in the share of the working-age population could result in slower per capita GDP growth, and lower saving and investment (IMF 2004, 147). For example, the estimates s- gest that demographic change could reduce annual real per capita GDP growth in 1 1 advanced countries by an average of / % point by 2050, i. e. , growth would be / % 2 2 point lower than if the demographic structure had remained the same as in 2000 (IMF 2004, 147).

• Ageing
• Aging
• Demographic change
• Demography
• Fertility and Family
• Population Ageing
• Population Related Policies
• Reconciliation of work and familiy
• Social Sciences

From the reviews:

"This publication is a welcome exception to the rule that an international study yields one volume of comparative chapters and another devoted to analysis of the data of each participating country. … The study was meant to provide the ‘scientific basis for population-related policies’. … the summary contain a great many novel and thought-provoking observations. … people thinking about policies, or working and writing on Europe’s population issues will, no doubt, find it useful to have these volumes at hand on their desk." (Dirk J. van de Kaa, European Journal of Population, Vol. 25, 2009)

• Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany

  Charlotte Höhn

• Population and Social Policy Consultants (PSPC), Brussels, Belgium

  Dragana Avramov

• Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

  Irena E. Kotowska

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