Preface | Authors for this volume | Introduction | Can policies enhance fertility in Europe? | Demographic Debate | What should be the goal of population policies? Focus on ‘Balanced Human Capital Development’ | Some theoretical and methodological comments on the impact of policies on fertility | “Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?” and questions beyond | First, do no harm | Refereed Articles | What can fertility indicators tell us about pronatalist policy options? | Institutions and the transition to adulthood: Implications for fertility tempo in low-fertility settings | A review of policies and practices related to the ‘highest-low’ fertility of Sweden | Fertility trends and differentials in the Nordic countries – Footprints of welfare policies and challenges on the road ahead | The impact of the bonus at birth on reproductive behaviour in a lowest-low fertility context: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) from 1989 2005 | Data &amp; Trends (non-refereed contributions) | French family policy: long tradition and diversified measures | Family policies in Europe: available databases and initial comparisons

The 2008 issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research focuses on the question of “Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?” Traditionally, this question has also been loaded with ethical concerns and with ethno-nationalist sentiments. This volume provides a scientific, empirically grounded assessment on the existing family policies and policy options, their impact and effectiveness in supporting fertility. The empirical studies include contributions about pronatalist policy options and institutional factors influencing transition to adulthood and timing of parenthood as well as studies looking at family policies and fertility in the Nordic countries, Italy, and France. The volume also features invited “Demographic Debates” section focusing on the desirability and impact of policies enhancing fertility.   

Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008, Vol. 6

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008, Vol. 6 2008 6 6 

Preface | Editors for this volume / Authors for this volume | Introduction | The Postponement of Childbearing in Europe: Driving Forces and Implications | Articles | Gender Equality, Parenthood Attitudes, and First Births in Sweden | Family Formation in France: Individual Preferences and Subsequent Outcomes | Does Sex Matter? Ageing and Ability to Conceive | The Postponement of Motherhood and its Child Health Consequences: Birth Weight and Weight Gain during the First Year of Life | The Tempo and Quantum of Life-Cycle Events | How Late Can First Births Be Postponed? Some Illustrative Population-level Calculations | The Low Fertility Trap Hypothesis. Forces that May Lead to Further Postponement and Fewer Births in Europe | Temporarily New: On Low Fertility and the Prospect of Pro-natal Policies | An Assessment of Policies that Support Having Children from the Perspectives of Equity, Efficiency and Efficacy | Guidelines for Authors

The 2006 issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research focuses on delayed childbearing and its impact on fertility trends. It explores causes, trends and implications of later reproduction, discusses policy options and responses as well as the likely future continuation of the shift to later parenthood. The contributions include studies analysing trends to later childbearing, their drivers and implications (articles by Billari et al., Bernhard and Goldscheider, Testa and Toulemon), novel theoretical perspectives (the “low fertility trap hypothesis” by Lutz et al.), methodological contributions (Bongaarts and Feeney’s article on the tempo and quantum of life cycle events), as well as a modelling study on the limits of fertility postponement (Goldstein’s contribution). The volume also features an empirical assessment of the link between age and ability to conceive (Rizzi and Rosina), and analyses the health consequences of delayed motherhood for children (Matsuo). Two contributions (by van de Kaa and McDonald critically assess pronatalist policies and available policy options.   

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