The widespread opinion that demography is lacking in theory is based in part on a particular view of the nature of scientific theory, generally known as logical empiricism [or positivism].
Thomas K. Burch
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Historical Demography of Iceland
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The past, present, and future of demography and the role of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research [PDF]
Demography, within the memories of those now living,has been shaped by a few outstanding centers,the Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques,the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, and the Princeton Office of Population ...
Kenneth W. Wachter
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Fertility as a process of social exchange [PDF]
By marrying and raising children, parents participate in a system of gift-exchange in which the gifts in question are human lives, and the parties to the exchange are the kinship groups recognised in the society concerned.
Patrick Heady
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Genome-wide insights into adaptive divergence, historical demography, and habitat suitability of Ptychobarbus Kaznakovi and P. leptosomus. [PDF]
Yan T +16 more
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Inferring the historical demography of southern African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Bayesian analyses of molecular genetic data. [PDF]
Fabiano EC +5 more
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Historical Demography and Species Distribution Models Shed Light on Speciation in Primates of Northeast India. [PDF]
Trivedi M +7 more
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The historical demography of the Martha's Vineyard signing community. [PDF]
Power JM, Meier RP.
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A Dynamic Extension of the Period Life Table [PDF]
The standard period life table is based entirely on the death probabilities of the given period. Popular (not expert) usage of life expectancies from a period table typically ignores the fact that the expectancies make no allowance for future declines in
Byron G Spencer, Frank T Denton
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Genetic structure and historical demography of inland wetland fish using the endangered Lisbon arched-mouth nase as a case-study. [PDF]
Riccioni G +6 more
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