Decline and Prosper!: Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer Children Skirbekk Vegard
Decline and Prosper!: Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer Children Skirbekk Vegard Globally, women are having half as many children as they had just fifty years ago. Readers learn…
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Decline and Prosper!: Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer Children Skirbekk Vegard
Globally, women are having half as many children as they had just fifty years ago. Readers learn about the evolution of childbearing across different populations and how fertility is related to (changes in) our reproductive capacity, contraception, education, religion, partnering, policies, economics, assisted reproduction, and catastrophes. Why have birth rates fallen, and how will low fertility affect our shared future?In Decline and Prosper!, demographic expert Vegard Skirbekk offers readers an accessible, comprehensive and evidence-based overview of human reproduction.
Skirbekk argues that low fertility is on the whole a good thing, while recognizing the challenges of population aging and "coincidental" childlessness. Readers will explore the future of family size and its impact on human welfare, women's empowerment and the environment. A balanced, integrative