Pink petunias sow controversy in West Germany

Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at a relatively low level. We attribute these differences to the institutional and legal constraints from both sides of the Rhine which hamper or foster childb...

West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany

Author affi liations: Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste. Clotilde, La Réunion, France (E. Lagadec, Y. Gomard, V. Guernier, M. Dietrich, H. Pascalis, S. Temmam, P. Tortosa, K. Dellagi); Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France (E. Lagadec, S. Temmam); Université de La Réunion, St. Clotilde (M. Dietrich, P. Tortosa); Université d’Antananarivo, A...

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East Germany Overtakes West Germany: Recent Trends in Order-Specifi c Fertility Dynamics

Some 20 years after unification, the contrast between East and West Germany provides a unique natural experiment for studying the persistence of communist-era family patterns, the effects of economic change, and the complexities of the process of fertility postponement. After unification, fertility rates plummeted in the former East Germany to record low levels. The number of births per year fe...

Has East Germany overtaken West Germany? Recent trends in order-specific fertility.

Some 20 years after reunification, the contrast between East and West Germany offers a natural experiment for studying the degree of persistence of Communist-era family patterns, the effects of economic change, and fertility postponement. After reunification, period fertility rates plummeted in the former East Germany to record low levels. Since the mid-1990s, however, period fertility rates ha...