Spatial dimension of the second demographic transition in Serbia

The Political Significance of the “Second Demographic Transition” in the US: A Spatial Analysis

One of the very first persons to observe an empirical and statistical link between voting outcomes and actual demographic behavior was the Austrian professor Julius Wolf (1862-1937). Wolf was professor of economics and social sciences in Zürich, and noted the remarkable correlation between the birth rates in German administrative areas (Kreize) and the voting outcomes in favor of the Socialist ...

The “Second Demographic Transition” in the U.S.: Spatial Patterns and Correlates

The Idea of a Second Demographic Transition in Industrialized Countries

At the end of the 19 century several French scholars noted that a remarkable change was taking place in the population of their country. The number of children per family declined, clearly as the result of deliberate efforts to reduce fertility within marriage. It was soon understood that the voluntary limitation of marital fertility was a revolutionary novelty and the term ‘demographic revolut...

The unfolding story of the second demographic transition.

This article presents a narrative of the unfolding of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) since the theory was first formulated in 1986. The first part recapitulates the foundations of the theory, and documents the spread of the SDT to the point that it now covers most European populations. Also for Europe, it focuses on the relationship between the SDT and the growing heterogeneity in peri...

The second demographic transition: a concise overview of its development.

This article gives a concise overview of the theoretical development of the concept of the "second demographic transition" since it was coined in 1986, its components, and its applicability, first to European populations and subsequently also to non-European societies as well. Both the demographic and the societal contrasts between the first demographic transition (FDT) and the second demograph...