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Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition [PDF]
, 2001 For decades, economists and social thinkers have debated the influence of population change on economic growth. Three alternative positions define this debate: that population growth restricts, promotes, or is independent of economic growth. Proponents of each explanation can find evidence to support their cases.
David E. Bloom +2 more
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NIGHT LIGHTS IN ECONOMICS: SOURCES AND USES1
Journal of economic surveys (Print), 2020 Night lights, as detected by satellites, are increasingly used by economists, typically as a proxy for economic activity. The growing popularity of these data reflects either the absence, or the presumed inaccuracy, of more conventional economic ...
J. Gibson, Susan Olivia, Geua Boe-Gibson
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The Lancet Public Health, 2019 Summary: Background: Since 2005, Russia has made substantial progress, experiencing an almost doubling of per-capita gross domestic product by purchasing power parity (GDP [PPP]) to US$24 800 and witnessing a 6-year increase in life expectancy, reaching
Vladimir M Shkolnikov, PhD +3 more
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SSM: Population Health, 2021 Evidence suggests that contemporaneous labor force participation affects cognitive function; however, it is unclear whether it is employment itself or endogenous factors related to individuals’ likelihood of employment that protects against cognitive ...
Jo Mhairi Hale +2 more
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. LABOUR MARKET CHANGES IN ROMANIA. FACTORS, CAUSES, ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS [PDF]
Revista Romana de Economie, 2008 The reform of labour market and the modification of the human capital management model evolved unsteadily, much behind the demand from the economic and social environment.
Valentina VASILE, Valeriu IOAN-FRANC
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 This study used a wide range of information on parental sociodemographic, physical and behavioural characteristics as well as on the presence of non-communicable diseases among parents and examined the association of these attributes with anthropometric ...
Rajesh Kumar Rai +2 more
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AI and Ethics, 2020 There is growing concern that decision-making informed by machine learning (ML) algorithms may unfairly discriminate based on personal demographic attributes, such as race and gender.
M. S. Lee, L. Floridi, Jatinder Singh
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Associations Between the Mortality Trends by Cause of Death and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Russia. The “Conveyor Belt Effect” in Action? [PDF]
Население и экономикаRelevance. Alcohol consumption is detrimental to the Russian population health and contributes significantly to mortality. The aim of the study is to determine the associations between alcohol consumption and mortality by cause of death in Russia.
Elena S. Zamyatnina +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background Providing support to others has been shown to be beneficial to older adults. As people age, their health and social relationships change. These changes may also relate to changes in social support provision.
S. K. Lestari +4 more
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Global Harmonization of Urbanization Measures: Proceed with Care
Remote Sensing, 2021 By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities and towns, a marked increase from today’s level of 55 percent. If the general trend is unmistakable, efforts to measure it precisely have been beset with difficulties: the ...
Deborah Balk +3 more
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