Post-transitional regional fertility in Romania

Jemna, Dănuţ-Vasile; David, Mihaela

doi:10.4054/demres.2018.38.57

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“…In our analysis thus far, we focused on the impact of the administrative reform on the resilience capacity of the localities, regardless of the region in which they are located, the income per capita or the distance from the nearest biggest city. Communes in certain regions may respond to the change in their rural/urban status differently from those in other regions, since the discrepancy among Romanian regions is high (Benedek and Verres 2013; Goschin 2015; Jemna and David 2018). Moreover, the administrative reform may differentially affect the richer communes in comparison to the poorer ones.…”

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The Illusion of Urbanization: Impact of Administrative Reform on Communities’ Resilience

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David

Încalţărău

et al. 2020

International Regional Science Review

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While a large body of literature separately documents urban and rural resilience, little is known about how resilience evolves when communities experience an administrative reform that changes their judicial status from rural to urban. This paper explores the effects of the largest post-communist urbanization waves that took place in Romania in the early 2000s, when more communes were reclassified as towns. Using rich administrative data from 2000 to 2014, we employ a two-way fixed effect difference-in-differences research design to examine the impact of the reform on the resilience capacity of the affected communes. Our results reveal that the administrative reform had an initially positive impact on the physical resilience capacity. While the administrative reform did not have a significant effect on the overall resilience capacity of the newly declared towns, there are important differences across groups. The settlements situated in more developed counties and those with higher income levels were among the main beneficiaries. Negatively affected were mainly the poor communes and those that lack accessibility due to their mountain position and being far from big cities. In policy terms, this clearly emphasizes the need for place-sensitive policies complementing the administrative reform in order to help them escape from their rural uprootedness.

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The Illusion of Urbanization: Impact of Administrative Reform on Communities’ Resilience

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David

Încalţărău

et al. 2020

International Regional Science Review

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“…The collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe led to a dramatic change in fertility across the region and to the instauration of the lowest low fertility pattern for more than a decade (Jemna and David, 2018). After the year 2000, economic growth and reduction in unemployment led to a slight recovery of fertility, economic growth going hand in hand with the end of lowest low fertility in many countries (Goldstein, Sobotka and Jasilioniene, 2009), the adjustment of fertility after 1990 depending highly on the birth cohort (Frejka, 2012).…”

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Fertility in Romania: The Delay of the Second Gender Revolution

Voicu¹,

Papuc²

2023

TRAS

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"Fertility in Romania dropped rapidly after the col lapse of the communist rule, placing the country among those with low fertility rates, and started to grow again after the year 2014. The paper approach es the dynamic of fertility in Romania, focusing on the period when fertility grew again. Using data from the semi-panel conducted by World Values Survey Romanian in 2012 and 2018, the paper looks at the changes in fertility in Romania based on mi cro-level data and studying trends in cohort fertility among women of fertile age and the drivers of these changes. The cohort analysis indicates that birth postponement is the main mechanism leading to the growth in fertility in Romania in the past decade. At the same time, the results provide support to the uncertainty explanation, the fear of job losing having negative impact on the number of children born by a woman. Altogether, the results suggest that Roma nia does not yet reach the second gender revolution, that has gender equality in private sphere at its core, fertility decision relying on traditional factors such as economic uncertainty and patriarchal model, with the male partner being the main breadwinner. "

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“…(6) During the communism period the total fertility rate was 1.9 children per woman (in 1966) at 3.7 (in 1967) and 3.6 (in 1968). (7,8) Thus, Ceaușescu managed in Romania to bring a general increase in fertility in the period 1967-1989, through the prism of control in public and private life. (6) Also, another factor that led to reduced fertility after 1990 is the use of certain modern contraceptive methods that have proven to be very effective and have helped people reducing unwanted pregnancies.…”

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Analysis of the Demographic Phenomenon of Fertility in Romania from 1950-2021

Cârstea

Domnariu

2021

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Fertility is the ability of two cells, the egg and the sperm, to unite in order to conceive a biological child. The aim of this study is to analyse how the fertility rate has evolved demographically since the communist period and until now in Romania. In order to carry out this study, we analysed the data provided by Macrotrends regarding the fertility rate in Romania from the last 71 years (more precisely 1950-2021). The results of the study indicate that, in 1950 Romania had an average fertility rate of 3.25 children per woman. It gradually declined until 1965. In 1967, the number of births doubled to almost half a million new-borns in just 1 year. Such a rate has never been reached, the fertility rate being in a continuous decline until now.

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Post-transitional regional fertility in Romania

Cited by 7 publications

References 60 publications

The Illusion of Urbanization: Impact of Administrative Reform on Communities’ Resilience

The Illusion of Urbanization: Impact of Administrative Reform on Communities’ Resilience

Fertility in Romania: The Delay of the Second Gender Revolution

Analysis of the Demographic Phenomenon of Fertility in Romania from 1950-2021

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