The paper explains long-term changes in birth, death rates and attitude to personal consumption by changing patterns of cultural transmission. When communities are culturally isolated, they are focused on population growth, resulting in large fertility and welfare transfers to children, limited...

This work aims to expose three of the main demographic theories, Demographic, Epidemiologic and Sanitary Transition theories, and explore its explanatory capacity. The content is structured in four sections. In the first we briefly review these theories. Secondly, we elaborate a diagnosis of the...

Family planning could focus on delaying the having of children, instead of (just) reducing the number of children per woman. 66% of all children are born in the mothers’ age group of 15-29. A delay of births to the age of 30+ would cause a reduction of the world population by about 0.8 billion...

This paper aims at forecasting the fertility age pattern of the Algerian population up to 2050. To this end, we use the Lee-Carter model in his fertility-adapted version. The used data is issued from the publications of the Office of National Statistics for the period from 1964 to 2014. Missing...

Abstract This paper analyzes the interactions between demographic transition and economic development, focusing on two child costs: time child-rearing cost and physical child-rearing cost. To analyze the interactions, we construct two overlapping generations model: human capital accumulation...

One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the decrease in the number of births in the country. In 2020, there were 1.53 million registered births, down 8.3% from 2019. There were 117 thousand registered births in December 2020, 18% lower than the same month the previous year. From January...

Istat calculates the value of life expectancy at birth in the Italian regions. Life expectancy at birth is defined as “[…] the average number of years a child born in a given calendar year can expect to live”.

Istat-BES calculates the value of life expectancy in good health. Healthy life expectancy at birth "expresses the average number of years that a child born in a given calendar year can expect to live in good health, using the prevalence of individuals who respond positively (" well " or "very...

The aging process in Ukraine has become increasingly significant due to several factors, including the country's shrinking workforce, rising pension expenditures, and reduced capacity for long-term social and economic investments. Moreover, the ongoing war in Ukraine exacerbates these challenges...

In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions at the time of arrival may be crucial in determining immigrants' economic assimilation into the new country, as households with infants usually face large expenses and are...