Publisher's Synopsis
Contents: Will Population Ageing Decrease Productivity? Symposium on Population Ageing and Economic Productivity, December 2-4, 2004, Vienna Institute of Demography; Alexia Prskawetz: Background and Summary of Discussion; Vegard Skirbekk: Productivity Decreases with Age; Thomas Lindh: Productivity is a System Property and Need Not Decrease with the Age of Workforce; N. Bhrolchain and L. Toulemon: Does Postponement Explain the Trend to Later Childbearing in France?; C. Buhler and D. Philipov: Social Capital Related to Fertility: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence for Bulgaria; Tomas Sobotka, Maria Winkler-Dworak, Maria Rita Testa, Wolfgang Lutz, Dimiter Philipov, Henriette Engelhardt, and Richard Gisser: Monthly Estimates of the Quantum of Fertility: Towards a Fertility Monitoring System in Austria; A. Prskawetz and B. Zagaglia: Second Births in Austria; Martin Spielauer: Concentration of Reproduction in Austria: General Trends and Differentials by Educational Attainment and Urban-Rural Setting; F. Trovato: Narrowing Sec Differential in Life Expectancy in Canada and Austria: Comparative analysis; R. Kronberger: Welche Bedeutung hat eine alternde Bevolkerung fur das osterreichische Steueraufkommen?; W. Lutz and S. Scherbov: Will Population Ageing Necessarily Lead to an Increase in the Number of Persons with Disabilities?; Recent Demographic Trends in Austria (R. Gisser); Fertility in Austria: An Overview (T. Sobotka)
