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Most Western countries today face similar population issues. Sustained low fertility, evolving household structures, aging, care, health, social security, and labor force participation are among the most important topics addressed by both population scientists and policy makers in these countries. The chapters in this book show that this characterization also applies to research conducted by Dutch population scientists over the last decade. The distinguishing quality of the contributions in this book is that they approach these population issues from an interdisciplinary life course perspective. This perspective has proven to be extremely useful. This chapter highlights and evaluates some of the most salient findings, and at the same time elaborates on some of the deficiencies in our current knowledge.
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van Wissen, L.J.G., Dykstra, P.A. (1999). Epilogue: New Directions in Population Studies. In: van Wissen, L.J.G., Dykstra, P.A. (eds) Population Issues. The Plenum Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4389-9_9
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