Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 I The Global Baby Bust Chapter 4 Japan's Baby Bust: Causes, Implications, and Policy Responses Chapter 5 Low Fertility in Europe: Causes, Implications, and Policy Options Part 6 II The United States and the Baby Bust Chapter 7 The U.S. Baby Bust in Historical Perspective Chapter 8 Combating Child Poverty and Enhancing the Soundness of Social Security Chapter 9 Latino Immigrants, National Identity, and the National Interest Chapter 10 Ending America's Waste of Its Most Precious Resource—Its People

About the Author

Fred R. Harris is professor of political science at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews

The book...provides a good and very accessible account of the trends in fertility in economically advanced countries...the book...[is] a valuable addition to reading lists in courses in demography and sociology, particularly in the light of its accessibility and its broad coverage...
*Population Studies: A Journal of Demography*