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International family change and continuity: the past and future from of the developmental idealism perspective
Thornton, Arland - In: Demográfia English Edition 53 (2010) 5, pp. 21-50
gender equality, family planning, low fertility, freedom of spouse choice, older ages at marriage, and the recognition of … sexual relations and childbearing outside marriage. I also discuss how developmental idealism produces resistance against it …
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Long term implications of low fertility in Kerala
Rajan, S. Irudaya; Zachariah, K.C. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 1997
replacement level of fertility two decades ahead of the all-India target year of 2011 and India is likely to achieve the … marriage ages will be maintained. But this is a temporary respite. (d) Other things being equal on the economic front …
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Demographic Transition in Andhra Pradesh : Dividend or Burden?
Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
While most of the developed countries moved out of dividend phase and entered into aging burden phase, the developing countries are now witnessing demographic dividend phase. India is one of the countries that are experiencing bulging youth (15-34) and thereby working age (15-59) population...
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Preocupări de demografie istorică în istoriografia românească
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The present paper wishes to be an inventory of the historical-demographical writings within Romanian landscape. We were able to identify preoccupation for demographic phenomena even since late 19th century, that have grown once with the creation of a discipline of historical demography in the...
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Family and society in north-western Transylvania (2nd Half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century). General framework: concepts, methods and approaches
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, in north-western Transylvania there was a traditional rural society, except for some urban centres and their neighbouring areas (the urban character is also proved by the analysis of the marital behaviour). The village...
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Birth dynamics and structure in the romanian village in north-western Transylvania (former half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century)
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Birth will be approached from both regional analysis and family perspectives. In the latter case, a complex survey reconstructing family in two sample villages in the survey will show specific aspects of birth. The aims and objectives of our analysis are to establish besides birth rate the...
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Fertility Control Early in Marriage in Ireland a Century Ago
Duffy, Niall; O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
Data were extracted from the 1911 Irish manuscript census to study the regional variation in the extent and character of family limitation strategies in Ireland a century ago. Regression analysis of the data shows evidence of `spacing' in both urban and rural Ireland. Further analysis of the...
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Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany
Kendzia, Michael J.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 233 (2013) 3, pp. 406-422
in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. However, the level of German … fertility has decreased significantly from the 1900s. The paper documents and analyzes the long-termdevelopment trends ….We identify three different explanatory approaches for the decline in fertility according to which the various articles of the …
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Long-Term Determinants of the Demographic Transition, 1870–2000
Murtin, Fabrice - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 2, pp. 617-631
since 1870. A simple theoretical framework accounts for the possibly nonmonotonic variations of fertility in the course of …-related variables, is the most robust determinant of the fertility transition. As regards the health transition, both education and …
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DEMOGRAPHIC EVOLUTIONS IN ROMANIA – IMPACT ON LABOR SUPPLY
GUT, CARMEN MARIA; VORZSAK, MAGDALENA; TOADER, VALENTIN - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2011)
The size of the population represents a determining factor for the dimension of the labor force, of the potential population and of the actual labor force. Starting with 1990, Romania has undergone a process of major demographic changes. The direct demographic causes of the decline registered...
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