Essays about: "Declining fertility"

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1. 1. Declining Fertility: New Generations and New Perspectives How university-educated members of Generation Z in Sweden explain their decision to delay parenthood

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Magnus Malmberg; [2024]
   Keywords : Declining Fertility; Generation Z; Social Exchange Theory; Scandinavia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how university-educated members of Generation Z in Sweden explain their decision to delay parenthood. As declining fertility rates across the globe risk to strain the global economy, this topic has never been more relevant. READ MORE

3. 2. Welfare state generosity and national identity: A study on institutions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Wilhelm Hultin; [2023]
   Keywords : Welfare state; welfare state generosity; national identity;

   Abstract : National identity has in a growing field of literature been proposed as a possible tool which, if manipulated, can be used to construct institutions of social justice and particularly a redistributive welfare state. In contrast, decades of welfare state research is largely in consensus that redistributive welfare states were created in response to societal issues such as poverty, emigration and declining fertility rates. READ MORE

4. 3. Impact of a Precarious Employment Situation on Short-term Fertility Intentions: A Comparative Study of Migrants and Natives in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Mimmi Lounela; [2023]
   Keywords : precarious employment; unemployment; short-term fertility intentions; migrants; Swedish-born;

   Abstract : Over the past decades, the world has witnessed significant social and demographic changes, including a declining fertility rate in Europe, a decrease in job security and flexibilisation of the labour market, and an increasing flow of migrants to the Global North. Especially migrants have been affected by precarious work arrangements. READ MORE

5. 4. The Relationship between Fertility Rate and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Yujie Li; [2016]
   Keywords : human capital; demographic dividend; economic growth; Total fertility rate; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The relationship between fertility rate and economic growth is an important subject. This thesis sums up the current research status and use in regression and correlation data analysis, which consists of 120 developing countries in total from 1970 to 2014. READ MORE

6. 5. Improving small-scale agriculture and countering deforestation: the case of biochar and biochar producing stoves in Embu County, Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Anders Magnusson; [2015]
   Keywords : new agricultural innovations; Integrated Soil Fertility Management ISFM ; biochar producing stoves; Biochar; soil amendment; Kenya; deforestation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research examines the introduction and diffusion of biochar as a soil amendment and biochar producing stoves in Embu County, Kenya, together with its related socio-economic potentials and challenges. The area has seen rapid rates of deforestation together with declining soil fertility during the last couple of decades. READ MORE