The Institutional Context of Population Change by Fred C Pampel

The Institutional Context of Population Change by Fred C Pampel

Despite having similar economies and political systems, high-income nations show persistent diversity. In this pioneering work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in eighteen high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures. European nations, for example, offer universal public benefits for men and women who are unable to work and have policies to ease the burdens of working mothers. The United States, in contrast, does not. This study demonstrates how public policy differences such as these affect childbearing among working women, moderate pressures for suicide and homicide among the young and old, and shape sex difference in suicide and homicide. The Institutional Context of Population Change cuts across numerous political and sociological topics, including political sociology, stratification, sex and gender, and aging. It persuasively shows the importance of public policies for understanding the demographic consequences of population change and the importance of demographic change for understanding the consequences of public policies.

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ISBN 13	9780226645254
ISBN 10	0226645258
Title	The Institutional Context of Population Change
Author	Fred C Pampel
Series	Population And Development Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	2001-10-01
Number of pages	312
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