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the population median, suggesting that the forces of natural selection favored individuals with a lower level of fecundity …
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indicates that the optimal level of fecundity was below the population median, suggesting that the forces of natural selection …
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Why does the rate of population growth decline in the face of economic growth? This study shows that growing product …
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This is an effort at explaining the reasons and rationale behind the rising mortality rate (CDR) in the South Indian State – Andhra Pradesh. Although the state’s performance in socio-economic sphere seems to be not that impressive, its performance in demographic transition during the last...
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This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
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Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which … completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population …, agricultural and national population growths affect forest-area and agricultural-land. Findings indicate moment conditions of …
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The purpose of this paper is to rank economic journals in the broader field of sociology and demography. By using one …
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After the peace of Karlovitz, the Mureş River became the official border between the two great empires: the Habsburg and the Ottoman Empire. In this context was organized the military border Tisa-Mureş, and the first called to defend the region were the Serbs, recognized for their military...
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created in purpose to investigate the effects of population ageing on the sustainability of public finances across Europe …
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This paper focuses on the influence of two classical drivers of population agglomeration: geography and history …, geography and history, are relevant for Spain and that they show an increasing explanatory power in accounting for population …. Geography is identified by two co-ordinates: coastal position and altitude. The prominence of history is also captured by two …
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