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Demography (2000) 37 (2): 221–236.
Published: 01 May 2000
... , R.F. ( 1998 ). Social Security, Economic Growth, and the Rise in Independence of Elderly Widows in the 20th Century . Chicago : National Bureau of Economic Research . Michael , R.T. , Fuchs , V. , & Scott , S. ( 1980 ). Changes in the Propensity to Live Alone: 1950–1976...
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Demography (1995) 32 (4): 543–555.
Published: 01 November 1995
...Allen C. Kelley; Robert M. Schmidt Abstract The results of recent correlations showing a negative impact of population growth on economic development in cross-country data for the 1980s, versus “nonsignificant” correlations widely found for the 1960s and 1970s, are examined with contemporaneous...
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1921–1946.
Published: 25 September 2017
... the explanatory power of economic growth. In particular, we extend the Li and Lee model (Li and Lee 2005 ) by including economic growth, represented by the real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, to capture the common mortality trend for a group of populations with similar socioeconomic conditions. We find...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 508–524.
Published: 01 March 1968
...Leroy O. Stone Resumen Este trabajo se ha convertido en un obligado punto de referencia en el campo de estudios de población. Population Redistribution and Economic Growth supera ampliamente en alcance y profundidad todas las anteriores publicaciones sobre el patron de migraciones diferenciales...
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 490–507.
Published: 01 March 1965
... ). Growth and Housing Requirements: A Report on Economic and Social Aspects of the Housing Problem in Saskatoon. Saskatoon . Canada : University of Saskatchewan . 9. Buckley , Kenneth A. H. ( 1958 ). The Role of Staple Industries in Canada's Economic Development . Journal of Economic History...
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1755–1773.
Published: 03 October 2014
.... On the other hand, explanation methods are trying to link mortality dynamics with observable factors. This serves as an intermediate step between the two methods. We perform a comprehensive analysis on the relationship between the latent trend in mortality dynamics and the trend in economic growth represented...
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Published: 22 June 2020
Fig. 5 Economic growth, educational expansion and cohort changes in sibship size disadvantage in the years of education: the red dashed line shows the fitted line when East Asian countries are excluded. GDP per capita is are measured by the three-year averages around the beginning year (1960 More
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Demography (1997) 34 (1): 97–114.
Published: 01 February 1997
...Angus S. Deaton; Christina H. Paxson Abstract This is a progress report on ongoing research into the effects of economic and population growth on national saving rates and inequality. The theoretical basis for the investigation is the life cycle model of saving and inequality. We report evidence...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 499–519.
Published: 01 August 2003
...John Iceland Abstract After dramatic declines in poverty from 1950 to the early 1970s in the United States, progress stalled. This article examines the association between trends in poverty and income growth, economic inequality, and changes in family structure using three measures of poverty...
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Demography (2003) 40 (4): 637–657.
Published: 01 November 2003
... as Discussion Paper No. 33 of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Cain M.T. ( 1983 ). Fertility as an Adjustment to Risk . Population and Development Review , 9 , 688 – 702 . 10.2307/1973546 Clark S. ( 2000 ). Son Preference and Sex Composition of Children: Evidence From India...
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1929–1950.
Published: 31 August 2020
... about rural poverty, population aging, education, and economic growth. The paradox is that these many nonmetropolitan “winners”—those experiencing population and economic growth—have, over successive decades, left behind many nonmetropolitan counties with limited prospects for growth. Our study provides...
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Demography (2014) 51 (1): 299–315.
Published: 04 December 2013
...Jesús Crespo Cuaresma; Wolfgang Lutz; Warren Sanderson Abstract The effect of changes in age structure on economic growth has been widely studied in the demography and population economics literature. The beneficial effect of changes in age structure after a decrease in fertility has become known...
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Demography (1995) 32 (2): 159–182.
Published: 01 May 1995
... economic growth started in 1955; measurable ideational changes took place in 1967. We argue that the decline is described more precisely by demand theory than by ideation theory. It began around 1959, just after the onset of massive economic growth but well before the ideational changes. It paralleled...
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Demography (1975) 12 (1): 107–120.
Published: 01 February 1975
... that those economic development factors (female higher education enrollment rate and professional demand) significantly related to the female professional participation rate are distinct from those structural factors (economic growth rate, working age male deficiency) affecting sexual equality within...
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Demography (2024) 61 (5): 1585–1611.
Published: 01 October 2024
...Nicolas Büttner; Michael Grimm; Isabel Günther; Kenneth Harttgen; Stephan Klasen Abstract Despite recent economic growth and reductions in child mortality in many African countries, the region has experienced a slow fertility transition. In this study, we explore whether the slow structural...
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 97–114.
Published: 01 February 1998
... of nest-leaving in Peninsular Malaysia. We find that the departure of children, especially sons, responds to economic incentives, including housing costs, family businesses, education, and economic growth, and that ethnic differences in nest-leaving are important. We also find that the median age...
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 275–299.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Emily Hannum Abstract Two theoretical perspectives have dominated debates about the impact of development on gender stratification: modernization theory, which argues that gender inequalities decline with economic growth, and the “women in development” perspective, which argues that development may...
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 1009–1032.
Published: 07 May 2018
... demographic change in marital status and racial composition by subgroup do not explain the widening gap. We also find increasing wealth inequality within child households and the rise of a “parental 1 %.” During a time of overall economic growth, the elderly have been able to maintain or increase their wealth...
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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 801–820.
Published: 01 August 2010
... economic growth. Conversely, a slower economy coincided with a declining proportional S&E effect after 2000. Increases in the annual cap on H-1B visas, an important avenue of entry for foreign-born S&Es, had little effect on the ratio. In short, during 1994–2006, the association between economic...
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Demography (2010) 47 (1): 227–247.
Published: 01 February 2010
...Kenneth A. Couch; Robert Fairlie Abstract Studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from this type...