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A decline in governmental distortions to agricultural and other trade since the 1980s hascontributed to economic growth and poverty alleviation globally. But new modeling resultssuggest that has taken the world only three-fifths of the way towards freeing merchandisetrade, and that farm policies...
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This paper argues that GDP growth in both developed and developing countries has associated costs that can outweigh the benefits and thus reduce sustainable well-being. This conclusion is based upon the findings of empirical applications of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) to a range of...
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Die Dissertation untersucht die regionalen Fertilitätsunterschiede zwischen den politischen Bezirken Österreichs für das Jahr 2001 und 2007. Hierbei stellt sich u.a. die Frage, ob diese Unterschiede sich eher durch regionale Besonderheiten oder durch individuelle Merkmale ergeben. Auf...
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We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …
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the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories … that account for the rise in labor force participation of married mothers. The model, in which households make fertility …
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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...
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censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …
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This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … Blake, 1965) underlying these regional levels and patterns of marital fertility are determined and their relation to the … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in …
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marriage behavior in determining fertility levels. Coale's parameters of the age pattern of first marriage ao, k and C are … first marriage, marital disruption and remarriage on fertility. Techniques for obtaining detailed information on the process … on fertility are discussed. …
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