Demographic Shifts in the Czech Republic after 1989: A Second Demographic Transition View

Tomáš Sobotka (), Kryštof Zeman and Vladimíra Kantorová
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Tomáš Sobotka: University of Groningen
Kryštof Zeman: Charles University in Prague
Vladimíra Kantorová: Charles University in Prague

European Journal of Population, 2003, vol. 19, issue 3, No 2, 249-277

Abstract: Abstract A dramatic change in fertility,family formation and living arrangements tookplace in the Czech Republic over the 1990s. Theestablishment of democracy, profound socialtransformation and transition to the marketeconomy affected the values and demographicbehaviour of the young Czech generation. Thispaper examines whether these demographic shiftscan be interpreted within the framework of thesecond demographic transition. The theoreticalpart discusses the idea of the transition,outlining three distinctive conceptualisations.Two of them – the view of the transition as aprogression of characteristic interrelateddemographic changes and a broader viewstressing the importance of underlyingideational factors – fit the Czech situationvery well. A comparison with the Netherlandsreveals that the onset of the transition in theCzech Republic may be clearly located in thefirst half of the 1990s, lagging two decadesbehind the Netherlands.

Keywords: Czech Republic; family; fertility; second demographic transition; values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1023/A:1024913321935

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