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Demography (1970) 7 (3): 379–392.
Published: 01 August 1970
...Edwin D. Driver Abstract This survey makes quite explicit the willingness of the social sciences and demography to initiate or expand teaching, research, and training on population policy. The disciplines now differ greatly in these activities. Of the 117 suggestions for research on policy, 41...
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Demography (2005) 42 (3): 427–446.
Published: 01 August 2005
... – 65 . 10.1086/210314 Burrows , R. ( 1997 ). Contemporary Patterns of Residential Mobility in Relation to Social Housing in England . York, England : Centre for Housing Policy, University of York . Bynner , J. , Elias , P. , McKnight , A. , Pan , H. , & Pierre...
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Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1853–1879.
Published: 25 August 2020
... an international perspective. The design of WD insurance systems is a challenging task for policy-makers (Autor and Duggan 2003 , 2006 , 2010 ; Burkhauser et al. 1999 ; de Jong et al. 2011 ; Haveman and Wolfe 2000 ). Like almost all elements of modern social security systems, DI faces a trade-off (Aarts...
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Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1331–1351.
Published: 10 July 2017
.... , & Lee , J. ( 2014 ). Household bargaining and excess fertility: An experimental study in Zambia . American Economic Review , 104 , 2210 – 2237 . 10.1257/aer.104.7.2210 . Bailey , C. , & Turner , J. ( 2002 ). Social security in Africa . Journal of Aging & Social Policy...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 51–73.
Published: 01 February 2005
... – 62 . Wacquant , L.J.D. , & Wilson , W.J. ( 1989 ). Poverty, Joblessness, and the Social Transformation of the Inner City . In P.H. Cottingham , & D.T. Ellwood (Eds.), Welfare Policy for the 1990s (pp. 70 – 102 ). Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press...
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 965–976.
Published: 01 August 2023
... Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Poverty Birth Infant Social policy The arrival of a newborn can have significant financial implications. The costs associated with childbirth, food, newborn necessities, and childcare place increased demand on families’ resources. At the same time...
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 785–811.
Published: 11 June 2019
...; and at the University of Luxembourg, Quantitative Applied Research Reading Group in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. We are thankful for the comments provided by participants of these conferences and workshops. We especially thank Elena Mariani for the excellent research assistance...
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1843–1866.
Published: 21 August 2014
... in the tax and family policies available for lone parents may also contribute to the country differences. In Britain, there is a clear dichotomy between means-tested out-of-work benefits and in-work support provided through tax credits, but Germany relies more on the traditional means-tested social...
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2103–2126.
Published: 30 October 2014
... theoretical conclusion regarding the impact of UDL on the incidence of divorce is that it alters marriage from a social relation whose maintenance involves one party to one whose maintenance involves both parties. According to Becker ( 1981 ), however, UDL should have no effect on divorce rates. His...
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Demography (2018) 55 (5): 1905–1934.
Published: 20 August 2018
... in the circumstances of women and children. Studies covering a range of periods and geographical settings consistently find that female politicians prioritize issues thought to be of particular importance to women, including social welfare policy, family policy, and gender equality issues (Childs and Krook 2008...
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Is Demography Just a Numerical Exercise? Numbers, Politics, and Legacies of China’s One-Child Policy
Demography (2018) 55 (2): 693–719.
Published: 05 April 2018
... a research group at the turn of the century to systematically examine policy content, implementation, effects, and social consequences, as well as steps to phase out the policy (Hvistendahl 2010 ). After three years of research on a range of topics related to the one-child policy, this group, which included...
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Demography (2015) 52 (2): 355–377.
Published: 26 March 2015
... . Van de Kaa , D. J. ( 2004 ). Is the second demographic transition a useful research concept? Questions and answers . Vienna Yearbook of Population Research , 2 , 4 – 10 . Voss , P. R. ( 2007 ). Demography as a spatial social science . Population Research and Policy Review , 26...
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Demography (2017) 54 (3): 813–834.
Published: 11 April 2017
... population totals and improving population quality were pinned on social policies to encourage higher fertility among the better-off and promotion of birth control among the poor and ethnic minorities (Ramsden 2009 ). From an American perspective, a key figure in the latter approach was Gunnar Myrdal...
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Demography (2021) 58 (5): 1931–1954.
Published: 01 October 2021
... preoccupied with economic and political reforms and did not pay much attention to social and family policies ( Frejka and Gietel-Basten 2016 ). Given migration losses and moderate mortality, low birth rates later became a crucial concern. The dominant norm expects women to have a first birth before age 30...
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Demography (2002) 39 (1): 165–179.
Published: 01 February 2002
.../145915 Schumacher , R. , & Greenberg , M. ( 1999 ). Child Care After Leaving Welfare: Early Evidence From State Studies . Washington, DC : Center for Law and Social Policy . Stolzenberg , R.M. , & Waite , L.J. ( 1984 ). Local Labor Markets, Children, and Labor...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1171–1195.
Published: 01 August 2021
... of Economic Research . Assari S. ( 2018a ). Diminished economic return of socioeconomic status for Black families . Social Sciences , 7 , 74 . https://doi.org/10.3390/SOCSCI7050074 Assari S. ( 2018b ). Health disparities due to diminished return among Black Americans: Public policy...
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Demography (2022) 59 (3): 813–826.
Published: 01 June 2022
... of the sociodemographic composition of the childless can inform tailored health and social policies. The design of future data collection and research on childlessness should consider the varying definitions and their implications. To enhance cross-study comparisons of findings and evaluation of generalizability...
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Demography (2012) 49 (2): 719–746.
Published: 09 March 2012
...David Brady; Rebekah Burroway Abstract We examine the influence of individual characteristics and targeted and universal social policy on single-mother poverty with a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent Western democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all countries...
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Demography (1996) 33 (1): 12–23.
Published: 01 February 1996
... there are likely to be other omitted or even 'Fiona Steele, Department of Social Statistics, University of South- ampton, Southampton SOl7 IBJ, UK. E-mail: [email protected]. Ian Diamond, Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton. Duolao Wang, Department of Social Policy and Administration...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2337–2360.
Published: 15 October 2020
... increased by 36.9% between 1996 and 2011. Several have contended that increases in deep/extreme poverty resulted from the 1996 welfare reform and related social policy changes (Danziger 2010 ). Shaefer et al. ( 2015 ) found that $2/day poverty is much less common if HHs receive Temporary Assistance...
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