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This volume marks the culmination of the NOW Priority Programme on Population Issues, an eight-year research programme sponsored by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. The contributors evaluate the Priority Programme's research results from an international perspective by comparing and contrasting Dutch population trends with those observed elsewhere, and by assessing the Priority Programme's contributions to the scientific literature.

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Author:   Leo J.G. van Wissen ,  Pearl A. Dykstra
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
Edition:   1999 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.340kg
ISBN:  

9780306461965

ISBN 10:   030646196
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   31 August 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Life Course Approach as an Interdisciplinary Framework for Population Studies.- 1.1. Demography as an “Object” Science.- 1.2. The Life Course Approach.- 1.3. Overview of Chapters.- 2. The Life Course: Models and Analysis.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. The Life Course: A Paradigm Shift.- 2.3. Anatomy of the Life Course.- 2.4. Life Histories Analysis: Variables, Data and Models.- 2.5. Conclusion.- 3. From Youth to Adulthood: Understanding Changing Patterns of Family Formation from a Life Course Perspective.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Changes in Family-Life Transitions: The Dutch Case.- 3.3. Major Recent Developments in Studies on the Transition from Youth to Adulthood.- 3.4. Societal Changes Influencing the Transition from Youth to Adulthood.- 3.5. Dynamic Studies of the Individual-Level Determinants of Family-Life Decisions.- 3.6. Opening the “Black Box”: Studies on Individual Decision-Making Process.- 3.7. Features of the Future: How Will Studies on the Transition from Youth to Adulthood Evolve?.- 4. Households, Families, and Kin Networks.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Changing Household and Family Structures in Present-Day Europe.- 4.3. Young Families and the Aging of Fertility.- 4.4. Changing Kin Networks.- 4.5. Social Networks of the Elderly.- 4.6. Conclusion.- 5. Work, Savings, and Social Security in a Life Course Perspective.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Transitions in the Labor Market.- 5.3. Savings over the Course of a Life Time.- 5.4. Social Security over the Source of a Life Time.- 5.5. Sustainability of Social Security.- 5.6. Conclusions.- 6. Residential Relocations in the Life Course.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. A Life Course Theory of Residential Relocations.- 6.3. Processes Underlying the Decision to Move.- 6.4. Who Moves Under WhichCircumstances.- 6.5. Household Formation: Leaving the Parental Home.- 6.6. Residential Environments.- 6.7. Renting and Owning.- 6.8. The Consequences of Migration for Labor Market Careers.- 6.9. Conclusion.- 7. Medical Demography in the Netherlands: Recent Advances, Future Challenges.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Challenges for Medical Demography.- 7.3. Studies on Past Trends in Mortality.- 7.4. Studies on Mortality Differentials Between Population Groups.- 7.5. Studies on Future Trends in Mortality.- 7.6. Studies on Future Trends in Morbidity.- 7.7. Studies on Consequences for Health Care Demand, Costs and Financing.- 7.8. Policy Relevance.- 7.9. Challenges to Future Research.- 8. Advances in the Microsimulation of Demographic Behavior.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Theory: Micro Biographies and Macro Structures.- 8.3. Microsimulation Methodology.- 8.4. State of the Art: Microsimulation Models in the Priority Program.- 8.5. Conclusion.- 9. Epilogue: New Directions in Population Studies.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Accomplishments and Challenges.- 9.3. The Life Course: A Useful Interdisciplinary Framework.

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