Historical demography: Understanding temporal change, individual variation and regional persistence KU Leuven
This chapter links recent Dutch and Belgian research in historical demography to on-going debates and emerging trends in the field at large. It starts with the perennial - but always fascinating - discussion on how to make sense of the demographic transition, an extremely complex subject. The discussion is currently moving to the wild fluctuations in fertility in the twentieth century, as well as to other changes known as the 'Second Demographic ...