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Understanding Demographic Transitions

An Overview of French Historical Statistics

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Claude Diebolt

    1. BETA/CNRS, Faculty of Economics, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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  2. Faustine Perrin

    1. Department of Economic History, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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  • Studies the transformation of the French demographic landscape using gendered county-level data
  • Examines the changing patterns of demographic behavior over time and across space
  • Offers a synthetic description of long-run demographic phenomena

Part of the book series: Population Economics (POPULATION)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Evolutions of Demographic Behavior

    • Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin
    Pages 1-40

  3. Changes in the Labor Force

    • Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin
    Pages 41-94

  4. Increasing Educational Investments

    • Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin
    Pages 95-140

  5. Transformations of Gender Relations

    • Claude Diebolt, Faustine Perrin
    Pages 141-173

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 175-176
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This book studies the process of demographic transition which has played a key role in the economic development of Western countries. The special focus is on France, which constitutes the first clear case of fertility decline in Europe. The book analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon by examining the evolution of demographic variables in France over the past two hundred years. To better understand the reasons of the changing patterns of demographic behavior, the authors investigate the development of the female labor force, study educational investments, and explore the evolution of gender roles and relations.

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“It is the combination of the broad scope of the research being offered and the use of traditional ‘population’ sources to gather socio-economic data as well as of additional historical statistics that makes this volume such an original contribution.” (John F. May, Canadian Studies in Population, Vol. 46, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • BETA/CNRS, Faculty of Economics, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Claude Diebolt

  • Department of Economic History, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Faustine Perrin

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