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The Demography of Europe: Introduction

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Over the past decades Europe has witnessed fundamental changes of its population dynamics and population structure. These changes pose major challenges to population studies, as conventional theoretical assumptions regarding demographic behavior and demographic development seem unfit to provide convincing explanations of the recent demographic changes. This book, derived from the symposium on “The Demography of Europe” held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, in 2007 in honor of Professor Jan M. Hoem, brings together leading population researchers in the area of fertility, family, migration, life expectancy, and mortality. The contributions present key issues of the new Demography of Europe and discuss research advances to understand the continent’s demographic development at the turn of the 21st century.

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  1. Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Universitetsvägen 10B, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Gerda Neyer & Gunnar Andersson

  2. Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Roxby Bldg, L69 7ZT, Liverpool, UK

    Hill Kulu

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    Gerda Neyer

  2. Dept. Sociology, Stockholm University, Universitetsvägen 10B, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden

    Gunnar Andersson

  3. Dept. Geography, University of Liverpool, Roxby Bldg., Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom

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    Laura Bernardi

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Neyer, G., Andersson, G., Kulu, H. (2013). The Demography of Europe: Introduction. In: Neyer, G., Andersson, G., Kulu, H., Bernardi, L., Bühler, C. (eds) The Demography of Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8978-6_1

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