| By: |
Jan M. Hoem (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany);
Aiva Jasilioniene (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany);
Dora Kostova (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany);
Cornelia Muresan (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany) |
| Abstract: |
Using data from the first round of the national Gender and Generations Surveys
of Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria, and from a similar survey for Hungary, we
study rates of entry into marital and non-marital unions and display
manifestations of the Second Demographic Transition in these data. The
transition did not start simultaneously in all countries, and above all it
began well before the fall of communism and before the societal transition to
a market economy got underway around 1990. Bulgaria is a special case whose
trends need more attention than those of the other countries. |
| Keywords: |
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Russia, cohabitation, demographic transition, first marriage |
| JEL: |
J1 Z0 |
| Date: |
2007–08 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2007-026&r=cis |