censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …

This paper develops a theory of optimal fertility behavior under mortality shocks. In an OLG model, young adults … determine their optimal fertility, labor supply and life-cycle consumption with both exogenous child and adult mortality risks …. We show that a rise in adult mortality exerts an ambiguous effect on both net and total fertility in a general …

green power through 2015 that were made using historical data and three scenarios: low-growth, high-growth, and negative … results of this forecast, including uncertainties related to growth assumptions, the impacts that policy may have on the …

early growth of the Internet are expected to be informative and pertinent. …

suggests that state policy will continue to drive even faster growth over the next decade. Federal policy has also played a …

studying performance changes on a two dimensional "growth– profitability performance space". It is well established that both … growth and profitability are important dimensions of SME performance. The majority of earlier studies tend to focus on the … evolution of firm growth or profitability separately. Alternatively, they explore the impact of growth on profitability and vice …

This study investigated the longitudinal behaviour of growth rates and profitability for a large sample of Australian … firms. Similar to previous studies, growth rates were found to be much more volatile than profitability measures. Using a … regression equation with lagged profit and growth variables, we found no evidence of a consistent relationship between growth and …

Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying … resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that … secure high profitability at low growth. Empirical tests using two large, longitudinal data sets confirm that the profitable …

manufacturing, construction and mining and a growth in social, personal, financial and commercial services, as well as a … to large firms in any general sense because most small firms are not innovative, do not contribute to employment growth …