Similar Search Results

Fertility in South Dublin a Century Ago: A First Look

Guinnane, Timothy W.; Moehling, Carolyn M.; Grada, Cormac O - 2001

Irelands relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … samples from the 1911 census of Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444183

Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark

Bogedan, Claudia - 2005

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466406

Regional marriage patterns and trends in Northern Sudan

Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ibrahim - 1989

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438848

Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … Cameroon; and child mortality in North Sudan and Senegal. Overall mortality levels are high in Western and Central Africa and … low in Eastern and Southern Africa. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438868

Modernization and the fertility transition, Egypt, 1975

Issa, Mahmoud S. Abdou - 1980

This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of modernization of the region: defined as economic development and social and cultural change. The intermediate variables (Davis and Blake, 1965) underlying these regional levels and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439057

Mechanisms affecting the link between nuptiality and fertility: Tanzania, 1973

Sekatawa, Emmanuel K. - 1981

The analytical framework proposed by Davis and Blake (1956) divides the process of reproduction into three elements: (i) exposure to the risk of pregnancy, (ii) the ability to conceive and (iii) successful gestation. This paper is concerned with the first element. Data from the 1973 National...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439137

The effect of credit on growth and convergence of firms in Kenyan manufacturing

Nkurunziza, Janvier Désiré - 2005

Although some recent studies have analysed issues relating to credit in African manufacturing, they have not directly tested for the effect of credit on firm growth. The use of bank credit can affect firm growth in two opposite ways. The effect may be positive if credit allows a firm to address...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441506

Survival and success among African manufacturing firms

Harding, Alan; Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis - 2004

growth of firms in Africa. We find no evidence that larger firms have faster rates of productivity or input growth, or are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441516