Quantifying quantitative literacy: Age heaping and the history of human capital [PDF]
Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and multiples of five. This phenomenon of age heaping has been viewed as a problem in previous research, especially in demography and epidemiology. We see it
Brian A'Hearn +2 more
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Life and death in wolverines [PDF]
, 2013 Developing trustworthy conservation planning for endangered species requires a deep understanding of the variations of their populations in both space and time.
Rauset, Geir Rune
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Egon Vielrose (1907–1984) – Demographer, Statistician, Econometrician
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2019 Egon Vielrose was an outstanding Polish demographer, statistician and econometrician. He studied mathematics at Warsaw University and economics at the Higher School of Trade and then he qualified as an assistant professor at Warsaw University.
Czesław Domański
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Carsey Perspectives: Children in United States, Both White and Black, Are Growing Up in Dramatically Smaller Families [PDF]
, 2017 In this perspectives brief, author Tony Fahey presents novel findings on how much smaller family sizes are among children in the United States today, particularly African American children, than they were fifty years ago.
Fahey, Tony
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Biodemography: Research prospects and directions [PDF]
The purpose of this opinion report is to outline what I consider to be the most promising areas for future biodemographic research and to suggest ways in which the field can be moved forward.
James R. Carey
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Genetic diversity and historical demography of underutilised goat breeds in North-Western Europe. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Manunza A +10 more
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Studia Historica: Historia Contemporánea, 2010 RESUMEN: Los estudios sobre demografía histórica en el marco de la historiografía vasca han experimentado algunos cambios notables en los últimos decenios. Hacer un balance de los mismos, por un lado, y profundizar en el análisis de espacios y de ámbitos
José URRUTIKOETXEA LIZARRAGA
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Evolutionary ApplicationsThe elongate ilisha (Ilisha elongata) is an important commercial species found along the Northwestern Pacific Coast. A sharp decline in the annual catch of I.
Qian Wang +6 more
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Linking pattern to process in cultural evolution: explaining material culture diversity among the Northern Khanty of Northwest Siberia [PDF]
, 2009 Book description: This volume offers an integrative approach to the application of evolutionary theory in studies of cultural transmission and social evolution and reveals the enormous range of ways in which Darwinian ideas can lead to productive ...
Jordan, P.
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Genomics, Population Divergence, and Historical Demography of the World's Largest and Endangered Butterfly, The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2023 Reboud EL +5 more
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