The Demographic Transformation of Post-Socialist Countries: Causes, Consequences, and Questions
Elizabeth Brainerd
No wp-2010-015, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
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The formerly socialist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have experienced a remarkable demographic transformation in the past twenty years. On many dimensions of fertility and family formation, much of the region now looks like Western Europe—below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and increasing out-of-wedlock birthrates, characterize many countries formerly distinguished by replacement-level fertility and early, near-universal marriage and childbearing.
Keywords: Families; Health; Population; Socialism; Youth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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