Immigrant inflows in 2015 triggered manifold reactions all over Europe. Questions about the integration capacities of nation states dominated media coverage. Fears of negative consequences for host societies were widespread. But what did experts (scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers)...

Demographic research has repeatedly demonstrated differences in fertility on the subnational level, especially between urban and rural regions. The most recent literature focuses on historical developments of total fertility, cohort fertility, or indicators of late fertility (35+). The present...

Immigrant inflows in 2015 triggered manifold reactions all over Europe. Questions about the integration capacities of nation states dominated media coverage. Fears of negative consequences for host societies were widespread. But what did experts (scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers)...