Table 2.

Policies affecting the demographic components and an assessment of their influence in each policy scenario

Policy	GSE	EME	LSE	CME
Fertility
Family/individual goals	Family	Individual	Family	Individual
Family friendly policies	Strong	Weak	Strong	Weak
Assisted conception	Socially supported	Privately supported	Socially supported	Privately supported
Abortion law	Permissive	Restrictive	Permissive	Restrictive
Extra-Europe migration	High	Low	Low	Low
Inequalities	Reduced	Persistent	Reduced	Persistent
Mortality
Smoking	Falls	Trend	Falls	Trend
Diet/obesity	No epidemic	No epidemic	Epidemic	Epidemic
Drinking/drug use	Falls	Trend	Falls	Trend
Medical advances	High	High-medium	Medium-low	Low
Inequalities	Reduced	Persistent	Reduced	Persistent
Extra-Europe migration
Total level	Moderate	High	Low	Moderate
Emigration origins	Stable	Divergent	Stable	Divergent
Immigration destinations	Stable	Divergent	Stable	Divergent
Extra-Europe migration policy	Free entry	Selective entry	Restricted	Moderate
Intra-Europe migration
Total level	Moderate	High	Low	Moderate
Differences out-migration	Stable	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
Differences in-migration	Stable	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
Inter-state migration policy	Restrictions	Free movement	Restrictions	Free movement
Internal migration
Level of out-migration	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable
Relative attractiveness	Convergent	Divergent	Convergent	Divergent
Labor force participation
Trends in participation	Increasing	Increasing	Decreasing	Stable
Participation of the young	Increasing	Increasing	Decreasing	Stable
Female participation	Friendly	Unfriendly	Friendly	Unfriendly
Participation of the elderly	Favorable	Stressful	Favorable	Stressful
Inequalities	Reduced	Increased	Stable	Increased