The future of low-birthrate populations / Lincoln H. Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Lincoln H., 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--Europe.

Fertility, Human.

Demographic transition--Europe.

Demographic transition.

Europe--Population policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lincoln Day assesses the demographic situation, the likely policy alternatives, the significance of future changes in fertility and mortality rates and analyses the likely losses and gains attendant upon an ageing, dwindling people.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; THE DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION; THE FUTURE OF FERTILITY AND MORTALITY; THE CHALLENGE OF NUMERICAL DECLINE AND OLDER AGE STRUCTURE: PART 1. FINANCES AND THE PROVISION OF CARE; THE CHALLENGE OF NUMERICAL DECLINE AND OLDER AGE STRUCTURE: PART 2. HOUSEHOLDS, LABOR FORCE, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND BEHAVIOR; POLICY ALTERNATIVES: DEMOGRAPHIC; SOME COMPENSATIONS IN THE TREND TOWARD OLDER AGE STRUCTURES AND NUMERICAL DECLINES; POLICY ALTERNATIVES: NONDEMOGRAPHIC; CONCLUSION; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-79908-X

1-134-79909-8

0-585-45342-X

1-280-32099-0

9786610320998

0-203-43354-8

9780203433546

OCLC:

171117294