Demographic socialization and reproductive behavior in a transitional context: a macro–micro perspective

This paper analyzes the impact of individuals’ socialization in a given demographic context on their later reproductive behavior in 19th century Geneva. To assess this socialization effect on the fertility of first generation immigrants, I combine family reconstitution data with Coale’s aggregate indexes of marital fertility. I then run two-level Poisson regression models predicting age-specific fertility rates as a function of individual characteristics at the lower level and as a function of province-level fertility at the higher level. The results show a strong socialization effect among couples who were already married when arriving in Geneva, whereas among immigrants who arrived as singles and who got married in Geneva the impact of demographic socialization turns out much weaker.     

Gesetzesentwurf zur Änderung des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes und weiterer Rechtsvorschriften

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Cooperation of government,science and industry in R & D—A systems view

The paper investigates the roles of government, science and industry in meeting the R & D requirements of our society. It considers the present state of the art of the cooperation involved, emphasizes the need for integrated planning, programming, and budgeting in research, development and technology, and comments on the European technology crisis.This paper presented in part at the First International R & D Management Conference Vienna, October 1970. The paper represents the personal views of the author. Full address: Adenauer-Allee 120, 5300 Bonn, Germany.