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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2004

The second issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research covers a wide range of topics in demography, offering both theoretical debates and empirical studies. The demographic debates focus on the concept of the second demographic transition, with perspectives from various scholars on its usefulness and limitations as a research framework. The original articles examine fertility trends, including Austria's demographic past and future and innovative approaches to fertility measurement, the role of education in shaping union formation in Central and Eastern Europe and the intergenerational transmission of education in Austria through microsimulations. The issue also highlights environmental and social challenges, such as the interplay between demographic trends, migration and land use patterns, and the dynamics of food security and land degradation in sub-Saharan Africa. The issue closes with a study on Austrian scholar and fiction writer Rudolf Goldscheid, focusing on his concept of the Economy of Human Beings.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2004

Details

ISSN1728-4414
ISSN Online1728-5303
ISBN-13978-3-7001-3272-1
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-3281-3
Subject AreaSociology and Economics
Quality reviewrefereed - online - print
doi10.1553/populationyearbook2004
Wolfgang Lutz

Preface

page III

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Demographic Debates

Francesco C. Billari and Aart C. Liefbroer

Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful concept for demography? Introduction to a debate

page 1

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s1

Dirk J. van de Kaa

Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful research concept: Questions and answers

page 4

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Eva Bernhardt

Is the Second Demographic Transition a useful concept for demography?

page 25

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Giuseppe A. Micheli

Claiming for a demologic approach to demographic change

page 29

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Research Articles

Tomas Frejka and Jean-Paul Sardon with the assistance of Alain Confesson

Fertility in Austria: Past, Present and the Near Future

page 35

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s35

Hans-Peter Kohler and José Antonio Ortega

Old Insights and New Approaches: Fertility Analysis and Tempo Adjustment in the Age-Parity Model

page 57

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s57

Francesco C. Billari and Dimiter Philipov

Women’s education and entry into a first union. A simultaneous-hazard comparative analysis of Central and Eastern Europe

page 91

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s91

Norman Braun and Henriette Engelhardt

Diffusion Processes and Event History Analysis

page 111

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Vegard Skirbekk

Age and Individual Productivity: A Literature Survey

page 133

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s133

Peter Schimany and Katarína Zigová

Attitudes toward Policy on Ageing. Results of the Population Policy Acceptance Survey in Austria

page 155

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s155

Alexia Prskawetz, Jiang Leiwen and Brian C. O’Neill

Demographic composition and projections of car use in Austria

page 175

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s175

Gudrun Exner

Rudolf Goldscheid (1870–1931) and the Economy of Human Beings

page 283

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2004s283

Workshops