This paper explores the effects of the Second World War (WWII) and the Great Depression on lifecycle fertility in the Netherlands. I document an immediate and unprecedented baby boom after the end of WWII that followed the baby bust of the 1930s. It is unclear whether these events just shifted the timing of fertility or changed…
Questions of self-determination are ever-present within the world order created by the United Nations and, if anything, they seem to be increasingly present, creating a difficult test for the international community and its institutions. The European Union is no exception to this and several national communities claim their…
