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Attrition in Longitudinal Household Survey Data
Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Kohler, Hans-Peter; … - In: Demographic Research 5 (2001) 4, pp. 79-124
Longitudinal household data can have considerable advantages over much more widely used cross-sectional data for capturing dynamic demographic relationships. Because the collection of longitudinal data may be difficult and expensive, analysts need to assess the magnitude of the particular...
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Adolescent childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa
Gupta, Neeru; Mahy, Mary - In: Demographic Research 8 (2003) 4, pp. 93-106
This article examines whether increased years of schooling exercised a consistent impact on delayed childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa. Data were drawn from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in eight countries over the period 1987-1999. Multiple logistic regressions were used to assess...
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World Urbanization Prospects
Bocquier, Philippe - In: Demographic Research 12 (2005) 9, pp. 197-236
This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current trends based on national data and the method of projection are evaluated. The theory of mobility transition is used as an alternative hypothesis. Projections are proposed using...
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Sources of error and bias in methods of fertility estimation contingent on the P/F ratio in a time of declining fertility and rising mortality
Moultrie, Tom; Dorrington, Rob - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 46, pp. 1635-1662
Almost all commonly used indirect fertility estimation methods rely on the P/F ratio. As originally conceived, the ratio compares cumulated cohort fertility with cumulated period fertility on the basis of three, fairly strong, assumptions. The intention of this paper is to interrogate what...
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Out of Sync? Demographic and other social science research on health conditions in developing countries
Behrman, Jere R.; Behrman, Julia; Perez, Nykia M. - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 2, pp. 45-78
In this paper, we present a framework for considering whether the marginal social benefits of demographic and social science research on various health conditions in developing countries are likely to be relatively high. Based on this framework, we argue that the relative current and future...
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Developing country growth collapse revisited: demographic influences and regional differences
Liddle, Brantley - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2003
This paper bridges two related, but up to now, unconnected literatures: economic growth stability and population-economic growth. The paper is different from previous population-economic growth analyses by focusing on instability of economic growth in developing countries. This study contributes...
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Unconventional approaches to mortality estimation
Hill, Kenneth; Choi, Yoonjoung; Timæus, Ian - In: Demographic Research 13 (2005) 12, pp. 281-300
Most developing countries do not have complete registration of deaths on which to base mortality estimates. Four broad … categories of unconventional methods have been developed to provide mortality estimates in such settings. The first consists of … approaches based on asking respondents about the survival or otherwise of close relatives. The fourth estimates mortality from …
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Youth dependency and total factor productivity
Kögel, Tomas - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2001
Recent literature shows empirical support for an effect of demographic age structure on economic growth. This literature does not give attention to the possibility that age structure might also have an effect on total factor productivity. Much of the recent literature on economic growth has...
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Socio-economic inequalities in mortality and health in the developing world
NNN1Minujin, FFF1Alberto; NNN2Delamonica, FFF2Enrique - In: Demographic Research Special Collections 2 (2004) 13, pp. 331-354
Trends in child mortality disparities show that within country inequities have remained constant in some countries and …
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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
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