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The Easterlin Hypothesis
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Abstract Easterlin formulates one of the most popular fertility theories. He supports that fertility follows some regular cycles, with large birth cohorts producing small cohorts,
and vice versa. There are two complementary aspects in this theory: the effect of the relative number of the young adults (relati... mehr
Easterlin formulates one of the most popular fertility theories. He supports that fertility follows some regular cycles, with large birth cohorts producing small cohorts,
and vice versa. There are two complementary aspects in this theory: the effect of the relative number of the young adults (relative cohort size), and the effect of the wages and unemployment (relative income); the second one being a subjacent mechanism to the first one. Thus, individuals from a large cohort face up to the deterioration of their standard of living relative to their parents. They will make then adjustments to preserve the comparative positions and therefore their material aspirations, particularly adjustments in family life such as the decline in fertility. Thus, the induced fertility
by the large cohort effects makes this one reverse the next cohort size.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bevölkerungsentwicklung; junger Erwachsener; Kohortenanalyse; Arbeitslosigkeit; Familie; Einkommen; demographische Faktoren; Fruchtbarkeit
Klassifikation
Bevölkerung
Methode
wissenschaftstheoretisch
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2004
Seitenangabe
S. 205-212
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 29 (2004) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.29.2004.3.205-212
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)