In this thesis, I analyze the contribution of the economic context to the fertility and mortality crises that took place across the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe during the transition from communism. ...
Billingsley, Sunnee(Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 2011)
This study assesses the decline in second birth rates for men and women across different skill levels in transitional Russia. Changes within educational groups and occupational classes are observed over three distinct time ...
This study engages with the debate over the mortality crises in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe by 1) considering at length and as complementary to each other the two most prominent explanations for ...
Using SHARE database the paper explores the factors conditioning personalcare giving from adult children to their parents. Frequency and intensity ofpersonal care is contrasted with the reciprocal expectations that children ...
Fertility has unanimously declined across the entire post-communist /nregion. This study explores the variation in fertility trends over time among these countries and assesses to what degree three explanations are applicable: ...
