Measuring low fertility: Rethinking demographic methods
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Low fertility is a pervasive phenomenon. All European countries currently experience below-replacement fertility levels, and the proportion of the world’s population living in a low fertility context continues to increase. The purpose of this contribution is to rethink demographic methods for the analysis of fertility from the perspective of recent research on low fertility and to assess data requirements for such analysis. In doing so, we will map many of the areas where the contributions of the late Gerard Calot were particularly relevant. In a low fertility context, there are some demographic tools that become central. This is the case with tempo effects, parity specific analysis, and the introduction of
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