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Understanding demographic events and migration patterns in two urban slums of Nairobi City in Kenya. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Omondi E   +8 more
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Soviet theories of economic demography: A survey

open access: closedJournal of Comparative Economics, 1983
Abstract Soviet theories of economic demography are surveyed. The Urlanis-Strumilin model of fertility and labor-force participation strongly parallels the utility-maximization models of household decision making developed in the West. Family size is selected on the basis of the costs and benefits of higher-order children.
Paul R. Gregory
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Economic Resilience, Demography and Local Systems: A Commentary on Theory and Assessment

open access: closed, 2017
Despite the growing relevance of the 'resilience' dimension, this concept has not been yet carefully defined or satisfactory measured within the more general issue of socio-ecological resilience. Resilience is the capacity of a local system to tolerate disturbance without collapsing into a state controlled by different conditions and processes ...
Luca Salvati
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