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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences [PDF]
Cliometrica, 2012 This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding of the transition from stagnation to growth.
Oded Galor
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Educação & Realidade, 2012 Without ignoring the complexity of the Brazilian educational system and the various elements that interact in it, this article aims at analyzing the role that population dynamics may have on the education of the population in coming decades, focusing on ...
José Irineu Rangel Rigotti
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Becker and the Demographic Transition. [PDF]
J Demogr Economics, 2015 It was a different era when Gary Becker did his groundbreaking work on the economics of fertility, during the years from the late 1950 through the early 1990s. There was great concern then about the “population explosion” due to sustained high fertility in the developing world after mortality declined following World War II.
Lee R.
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The U.S. Demographic Transition [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2002 Between 1800 and 1940 the U.S. went through a dramatic demographic transition. In 1800 the average woman had 7 children, and 94 percent of the population lived in rural areas. By 1940 the average woman birthed just 2 kids, and only 43 percent of populace lived in the country.
Jeremy Greenwood, Ananth Seshadri
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Demographics of transition objects [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007 11 pages, 4 figures, to appear in ...
Najita, Joan R. +2 more
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Demographic Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук, 2019 The demographic transition is a global phenomenon but sub-Saharan Africa is several decades late. The quantitative characteristics of the region are well known, but they are insufficient to explain the lags even though sub-Saharan Africa is rightly taken
IVANOV Sergey Felixovich
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The elderly in Brazil: demographic transition, profile, and socioeconomic condition [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População, 2020 Resumo This paper presents a revision about the elderly population in Brazil, addressing aspects of the demographic transition as it relates to socio-economic conditions and some consequences and trends associated with policies affecting Brazil’s elderly.
Guilherme Fonseca Travassos +2 more
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The demographic revolution is changing the reproductive strategy of Homo sapiens
Демографическое обозрение, 2017 The demographic revolution (demographic transition) is changing the reproductive strategy of the species Homo sapiens. The whole evolution of life on Earth, including social evolution since the beginning of human society, has led to this triumph of ...
Anatoly Vishnevsky
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World population aging as a function of period demographic conditions
Demographic Research, 2023 Background: Population aging is a fundamental element of the demographic transition. In the absence of births, deaths, and migration, the mean age of any population will increase one year per calendar year.
Fernando Fernandes +2 more
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The depopulation of the Bulgarian villages
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2012 The depopulation process in Bulgaria, especially in rural areas, is intensifying due to deepening unfavourable trends in the dynamics of demographic processes.
Mladenov Chavdar, Ilieva Margarita
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