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Family Policies in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis by Thevenon, Olivier

“…This article discusses the diversity of family policy models in 28 OECD countries in terms of the balance between their different objectives and the mix of…”
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Unintended Consequences of US Immigration Policy: Explaining the Post-1965 Surge from Latin America by Massey, Douglas S., Pren, Karen A.

“…Immigration reforms in the United States initiated in the 1960s are widely thought to have opened the door to mass immigration from Asia and Latin America by…”
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A Global Perspective on Happiness and Fertility by Margolis, Rachel, Myrskylä, Mikko

“…The literature on fertility and happiness has neglected comparative analysis. We investigate the fertility/happiness association using data from the World…”
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Yearning, Learning, and Conceding: Reasons Men and Women Change Their Childbearing Intentions by Iacovou, Maria, Tavares, Lara Patrício

“…People's childbearing intentions change over the course of their reproductive lives. These changes have been conceptualized as occurring in response to the…”
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The Emergence of Lowest-Low Fertility in Europe During the 1990s by Kohler, Hans-Peter, Billari, Francesco C., Ortega, José Antonio

“…Lowest-low fertility, defined as a period total fertility rate at or below 1.3, has rapidly spread in Europe during the 1990s. This article traces the…”
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A Demographic Explanation for the Recent Rise in European Fertility by Bongaarts, John, Sobotka, Tomáš

“…Between 1998 and 2008 European countries experienced the first continent-wide increase in the period total fertility rate (TFR) since the 1960s. After…”
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Village Women of Bangladesh: Prospects for Change by Abdullah, A. Tahrunnessa, Zeidenstein, Sondra A.

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Gender Equity in Theories of Fertility Transition by McDonald, Peter

“…Recent theoretical discussion has postulated that low fertility in advanced countries is attributable to low levels of gender equity. Low gender equity is…”
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Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior: Effects or Artifacts? by Neyer, Gerda, Andersson, Gunnar

“…This article argues for a more careful consideration of theoretical and methodological appraoches in studies of the effects of public policies, labeled here as…”
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Son Preference, Sex Selection, and Kinship in Vietnam by Guilmoto, Christophe Z.

“…This article examines the recent rise in the sex ratio at birth in Vietnam and relates its emergence to kinship systems and ethnic composition using 2009…”
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Women's Autonomy in India and Pakistan: The Influence of Religion and Region by Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Sathar, Zeba A.

“…This article compares the lives of women and explores dimensions of their autonomy in different regions of South Asia-Punjab in Pakistan, and Uttar Pradesh in…”
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A New Approach to Explaining Fertility Patterns: Preference Theory by Hakim, Catherine

“…Preference theory is a new approach to explaining current and future patterns of employment and fertility among women in modern societies. Although economists…”
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Child-care availability and fertility in Norway by Rindfuss, Ronald R, Guilkey, David K, Morgan, S. Philip, Kravdal, Øystein

“…The child-care and fertility hypothesis has been in the literature for a long time and is straightforward: As child care becomes more available, affordable,…”
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Childless or Childfree? Paths to Voluntary Childlessness in Italy by Tanturri, Maria Letizia, Mencarini, Letizia

“…This article investigates childlessness in Italy. Trends in childlessness are presented and compared with trends elsewhere in Europe. Different paths to…”
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Occupational Trajectories of Legal US Immigrants: Downgrading and Recovery by Akresh, Ilana Redstone

“…Data from the New Immigrant Survey 2003 are examined to analyze trajectories in occupational prestige between the last job abroad and the first US job and from…”
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The Effect of Population Growth on Economic Growth: A Meta-Regression Analysis of the Macroeconomic Literature by Headey, Derek D., Hodge, Andrew

“…Many studies have sought to gauge the impact of population growth on economic growth. A well-known stylized fact of this literature is that the estimated…”
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International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase? by Skeldon, Ronald

“…This essay examines the recent emergence of migration and development as a major area of policy concern. The focus up to now has been almost entirely upon…”
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The Benefits from Marriage and Religion in the United States: A Comparative Analysis by Waite, Linda J., Lehrer, Evelyn L.

“…In the United States, married people have better outcomes on a variety of measures of well-being than do single persons. People who participate in religious…”
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Death at the Border: Efficacy and Unintended Consequences of US Immigration Control Policy by Cornelius, Wayne A.

“…This article assesses the efficacy of the strategy of immigration control implemented by the US government since 1993 in reducing illegal entry attempts, and…”
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Sex-Selective Abortions in India by Arnold, Fred, Kishor, Sunita, Roy, T. K.

“…Provisional estimates from the 2001 census of India, which showed unusually high sex ratios for young children, have sparked renewed concern about the growing…”
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