Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change

1. The Context of Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change
Dudley L. Poston

Part I. Demographic Dynamics and Change

2. A “Great Divergence” in Fertility?
Francesco C. Billari

3. Natural Decrease in theContext of Lowest-low Fertility: South Korea, 2005–2014
Nayoung Heo, Dudley L. Poston

4. A Twenty-First Century Demographic Challenge: Comparatively Low Life Expectancy in theUnited States
Richard G. Rogers, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Robert A. Hummer

5. The Implications of Native-Born Fertility and Other Socio-Demographic Changes for Less-Skilled U.S. Immigration
Susan K. Brown, Frank D. Bean, James D. Bachmeier

Part II. Structural Change

6. Issues of Aging and Age Dependency in Post-industrial Societies
Samsik Lee

7. Good Mothering in China: Effects of Migration, Low Fertility, and Birth Constraints
Nancy E. Riley

8. Couple Relationships in Low-Fertility Settings
Linda J. Waite, Juyeon Kim

9. What Is Driving Marriage and Cohabitation in Low Fertility Countries?
Gavin Jones

Part III. Institutional Change

10. Children at Risk: Diversity, Inequality, and the Third Demographic Transition
Daniel T. Lichter, Zhenchao Qian

11. Political Effects – Real and Imagined – In Low Fertility Societies
Michael S. Teitelbaum

12. Exploring the Effects of Fertility Change on Religiosity in the Twenty-First Century: A Cross-National Analysis
Christopher G. Ellison, Xiaohe Xu, Andrea L. Ruiz

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Demography, Population Economics, Family