Passages to Adulthood: Linking Demographic Change and Human Development

Richard A. Settersten ()
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Richard A. Settersten: Oregon State University

European Journal of Population, 2007, vol. 23, issue 3, No 3, 272 pages

Abstract: Abstract This article explores how demographic change has altered the terrain of early adult life. It considers some new and possible hallmarks of this period of life; some of the psychological capacities and social skills that may serve young people well in a variety of contexts; and the role of families and welfare states as sources of developmental exploration or drift, resilience or risk. The article points to the early adult years as a critical juncture for understanding the accumulation of advantage and disadvantage over the life course, and it shows how a stronger partnership between demography and human development offers promising new avenues for generating innovative theories and research on the transition to adulthood.

Keywords: Life course; Transition; Young adult; Identity; Family; Welfare state; Biographie; Transition; Jeune adulte; Identité; Famille; Etat-providence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9132-8

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