Low Fertility, Institutions, and their Policies: Variations Across Industrialized Countries

Forward: Sangho Kim.- 1. Diverse paths to low and lower fertility: An overview: Ronald R Rindfuss and Minja Kim Choe.- 2. Not so low fertility in Norway-a result of affluence, liberal values, gender-equality ideals, and the welfare state: Øystein Kravdal.- 3. The influence of family policies on fertility in France: Lessons from the past and prospects for the future: Olivier Thévenon.- 4. Fertility and population change in the United Kingdom: Wendy Sigle.- 5. Canadian fertility trends and policies: A story of regional variation: Sarah R. Brauner-Otto.- 6. The European middle way? Low fertility, family change, and gradual policy adjustments in Austria and the Czech Republic: Tomás Sobotka.- 7. Fertility decline and the persistence of low fertility in a changing policy environment-a Hungarian case study: Zsolt Spéder.- 8. The policy context of fertility in Spain: Toward a gender-egalitarian model?: Pau Baizan.- 9. Aging Italy: Low fertility and societal rigidities: Maria Letizia Tanturri.- 10. Transition from anti-natalist to pro-natalist policies in Taiwan: Meilin Lee and Yu-Hsuan Lin.- 11. Governmental support for families and obstacles to fertility in East Asia and other industrialized regions: Anne H. Gauthier.