The evolution of social norms

HP Young - Annual Review of Economics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Social norms are patterns of behavior that are self-enforcing within a group: Everyone
conforms, everyone is expected to conform, and everyone wants to conform when they …

Fertility in advanced societies: A review of research: La fécondité dans les sociétés avancées: Un examen des recherches

N Balbo, FC Billari, M Mills - … Journal of Population/Revue europeenne de …, 2013 - Springer
Résumé Cet article présente un aperçu des recherches dans le domaine de la fécondité
réalisées dans les sociétés dites avancées, c'est-à-dire les sociétés dans lesquelles le …

Towards a new pattern of transition to adulthood?

FC Billari, AC Liefbroer - Advances in life course research, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent theories about social and demographic change, such as individualization and the
Second Demographic Transition, embed the notion of a convergence towards a specific …

Understanding diversity in the meaning of cohabitation across Europe

N Hiekel, AC Liefbroer, AR Poortman - European Journal of Population, 2014 - Springer
This study investigates the diversity in the meanings attached to cohabitation across Europe.
Utilizing a sample of 9,113 cohabiters between ages 18 and 79 from 10 European countries …

Gender, turning points, and boomerangs: Returning home in young adulthood in Great Britain

J Stone, A Berrington, J Falkingham - Demography, 2014 - read.dukeupress.edu
The idea of a generation of young adults “boomeranging” back to the parental home has
gained widespread currency in the British popular press. However, there is little empirical …

Attitudes, norms and perceived behavioural control: Explaining fertility intentions in Bulgaria/Attitudes, normes et contrôle perçu du comportement: Une explication des …

FC Billari, D Philipov, MR Testa - European Journal of Population/Revue …, 2009 - JSTOR
In this article, we study fertility decision-making through timing parity-progression intentions.
The theoretical framework builds on Ajzen's social psychological" Theory of Planned …

Social age deadlines for the childbearing of women and men

FC Billari, A Goisis, AC Liefbroer… - Human …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND This study examines whether social age deadlines exist for childbearing in
women and men, how they vary across countries, whether they are lower than actual …

Tribalism and tribulations: The social costs of not sharing fake news.

MA Lawson, S Anand, H Kakkar - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Fake news can foster political polarization, foment division between groups, and encourage
malicious behavior. Misinformation has cast doubt on the integrity of democratic elections …

Young people and the Great Recession: Variations in the school-to-work transition in Europe and the United States

I Schoon, J Bynner - Longitudinal and Life Course …, 2019 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This paper reviews evidence on young people in Europe and the US making the transition
from school-to-work before and after the 2008 Great Recession. Taking a macro-level …

Variation in cognitive functioning as a refined approach to comparing aging across countries

V Skirbekk, E Loichinger… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Comparing the burden of aging across countries hinges on the availability of valid and
comparable indicators. The Old Age Dependency Ratio allows only a limited assessment of …