Mortality decline and reproductive change during the Dutch demographic transition: Revisiting a traditional debate with new data

Mortality decline and reproductive change during the Dutch demographic transition: Revisiting a traditional debate with new data

BACKGROUND According to classic demographic transition theory, mortality change is the key factor that triggers a decline in fertility. Research on this topic has mostly relied on aggregate or time series data. Since fertility is based on the joint decisions of couples when confronted with specific...

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Main Authors: Frans Van Poppel, David Reher, Alberto Sanz-Gimeno, Maria Sanchez-Dominguez, Erik Beekink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2012-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
children ever born
demographic transition
fertility decline
historical sample of the Netherlands
micro-data
mortality decline
Netherlands
nineteenth century
spacing
Spain
stopping
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol27/11/

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