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The Institutional Context. Patterns of Fertility and Mortality Across High-income Nations.
Fred C. Pampel
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Hardback. In this work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in 18 high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures. Series: Population and Development Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, 18 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHBF; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Population and Development Series
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226645254
SKU
V9780226645254
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