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A Theory of Culture for Demography

, 1990
MUCH OF THE INGENUITY EXPENDED BY DEMOGRAPHERS over the last halfcentury has been devoted to refining techniques of measurement, so that variables of interest might be reliably presented for explanation.
E. Hammel
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Orthodoxy and revisionism in American demography

, 1988
From the vantage point of the late 1980s what passes for orthodoxy in American demography is a perspective founded on 2 basic assumptions: rapid population growth in nonindustrial societies is a significant problem and providing contraceptives to peasant
D. Hodgson
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Sources of Organizational Demography: Faculty Sex Ratios in Colleges and Universities.

, 1991
Three theoretical explanations of variations in the demographic composition of organizations are used to derive empirically testable hypotheses on the determinants of the proportion of female faculty members in colleges and universities. The first, drawn
Pamela S. Tolbert, Alice A. Oberfield
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The demographic transition : stages, patterns, and economic implications : a longitudinal study of sixty-seven countries covering the period 1720-1984

, 1994
Introduction: the "theory" of demographic transition - its conciseness, diversity and flexibility - problems, methods and the field of enquiry. Part 1 Stages of demographic transition: demographic transition - the current position the decline in ...
J. Chesnais
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A Theory of Economic-Demographic Development

, 1955
Joseph J. Spengler, Harvey Leibenstein
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Reviews: Statistical Demography, Geography of Elections, Landscape Economics, Office Location and Public Policy, the Structure of Scientific Theories, the Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change, Accessibility: The Rural Challenge [PDF]

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 1980
J M Bailey, L Edwards, D J Walmsley, P Gould, John Stillwell, T O'Riordan   +5 more
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Determinants of Administrative Control: A Test of a Theory With Japanese Factories

, 1976
1973 Occupation: Housewife. New York: Oxford University Press. Miller, Herman 1966 Income Distribution in the United States. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Mincer, Jacob 1962 "Labor force participation of married women." in Aspects of
Phelps K. Tracy, K. Azumi
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A Theory of Preindustrial Population Dynamics Demography, Economy, and Well‐Being in Malthusian Systems1

Current Anthropology, 1998
James W. Wood
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Economic History and Historical Demography: Past, Present, and Future

, 1987
M. Haines
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