In 1986, two Dutch researchers advanced a provocative hypothesis: many societies were undergoing a “Second Demographic Transition” that would lead to durably low birth rates and high degrees of ...

Source: BlacknoseDace/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 It seems we are surrounded by a generation of singles. Therapy sessions, workshops, and the psychology literature are fixated on the ultimate ...

New Transition Report explores impact of demographic change on innovation, labour markets and voter preferences across EBRD ...

By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Fertility rates have fallen sharply and populations are ageing across most economies where the ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 44 (JANUARY - JUNE 2021), pp. 1115-1132 (20 pages) BACKGROUND The second demographic transition (SDT), which links ideational changes with demographic developments, is one ...

Demographic change is emerging as a defining challenge for long-term growth across the European Bank for Reconstruction and ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 49 (JULY - DECEMBER 2023), pp. 423-464 (44 pages) BACKGROUND Growth in cohabiting unions and non-marital childbearing sits at the core of research on the second demographic ...

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Associate Professor of Sociology Emily Walton recalls chatting with a multiracial physician who told her that he'd made more friends in Colorado, where he spent one year during his residency, than he ...

Changes in the demographic makeup of populations are a significant factor contributing to the rise of singledom. In the wake of what researchers call the second demographic transition, fewer people ...

Despite regional disparities, poverty in Sri Lanka continues to decline in line with strong economic growth. Sri Lanka has adopted policies to address its high level of debt, but the pace of key ...