Termin:
30.11.2011 08:30<br/> - 01.12.2011 17:30
Ort:
Theatersaal der ÖAW
Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1. Stock
1010 Wien
Kontakt:
Sylvia Trnka
Institut für Demographie
Zentrum Sozialwissenschaften
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW)
Wohllebengasse 12-14
1040 Wien
T +43 1 51581 7701
F +43 1 51581 7730
conference.vid@oeaw.ac.at
www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/
Education and the Global Fertility Transition
Key drivers and consequences
This scientific meeting wants to assess the big picture of the global fertility transition by identifying its key drivers. It will pay special attention to the role of human capital, and in particular the basic education of women. The effects of education will be compared to other possible systematic drivers such as declining infant mortality, increasing income/wealth or changing social norms. Papers should address the whole range of fertility transitions from the onset of family limitation in historical populations to the current fertility declines in developing countries and possible future fertility patterns in post-transition societies. Both empirical and more theoretical papers are welcome.
