Below-replacement fertility in industrial societies : causes, consequences, policies /

Preface
Part I Trends
1 The unprecedented shortage of births in Europe Jean Bourgeois-Pichat
2 The decline of fertility in non-European industrialized countries Samuel H. Preston
3 Low fertility in evolutionary perspective Kingsley Davis
Part II Models
4 Altruism and the economic theory of fertility Gary S. Becker and Robert J. Barro
Comment Paul A. David
5 The value and allocation of time in high-income countries: implications for fertility T. Paul Schultz
Comment Ronald D. Lee
6 Competitive human markets, interfamily transfers, and below-replacement fertility Mikhail S. Bernstam
Part III Interpretation
7 The family that does not reproduce itself Nathan Keyfitz
8 Perspective on nuptiality and fertility Charles F. Westoff
Comment Shigemi Kono
9 Changing values and falling birth rates Samuel H. Preston
Comment Harriet B. Presser
Part IV Consequences
10 Demographic effects of below-replacement fertility and their social implications Ansley J. Coale
11 Economic growth with below-replacement fertility Geoffrey McNicoll
Comments Ester Boserup Thomas Gale Moore and Carmel U. Chiswick
12 Population dynamics with immigration and low fertility Thomas J. Espenshade
13 Immigration as a counter to below-replacement fertility in the United States David M. Heer
Comment Barry R. Chiswick
Part V Policies
14 Social security in aging societies Carolyn L. Weaver
Comment Thomas Gale Moore
15 US social security under low fertility Rita Ricardo-Campbell
Comment Annelise Anderson
16 Recent pronatalist policies in western Europe C. Alison Mcintosh
17 Pronatalist policies in low-fertility countries: patterns, performance, and prospects Paul Demeny
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