Understanding Demographic Transitions
An Overview of French Historical Statistics
Authors: Diebolt, Claude, Perrin, Faustine
Free Preview- 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
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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)
- Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Evolutions of Demographic Behavior
Pages 1-40
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Changes in the Labor Force
Pages 41-94
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Increasing Educational Investments
Pages 95-140
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Transformations of Gender Relations
Pages 141-173
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Understanding Demographic Transitions
- Book Subtitle
- An Overview of French Historical Statistics
- Authors
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- Claude Diebolt
- Faustine Perrin
- Series Title
- Population Economics
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-44651-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-44651-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-44650-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83104-6
- Series ISSN
- 1431-6978
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 176
- Number of Illustrations
- 84 illustrations in colour
- Topics