demographic transition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdemographicandtransition
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demographic
adjective
uk/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/us/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪk/
relating to demography (= the study of populations and the different groups that make ...
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transition
noun[C or U]
uk/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/us/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/
a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which ...
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Such a question would lead to a different interpretation of the fertility ordemographictransition.
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The epidemiologic and socioeconomic causes and consequences of crisis mortality in pre-industrial societies have been studied in the course of explaining thedemographictransitionframework in a historical perspective.
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My purpose, rather, is to understand how these relationships might, via thedemographictransition, affect the nature of growth paths.
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We apply the concept of probabilistic aging with endogenous discrete skill choice to analyze the economic impact of aging duringdemographictransition.
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Demographictransition, inter-generational contracts and old age security : an emerging challenge for social policy in developing countries.
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There is a curious consequence of thisdemographictransitionfor recessive lethal genetic disorders maintained by mutation\\selection balance.
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For example, in the discussion of fertility decline anddemographictransition, the total fertility rate or the average number of births have been widely used.
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This is one of the reasons why studies of thedemographictransitionbased on large aggregates have traditionally been so disappointing when addressing the mechanisms of change.
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By differentiating between female and male labor, the model both highlights the relation between female labor supply and the fertility decision and produces an endogenousdemographictransition.
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Apart from the social security hypothesis,5 the various models that generate an endogenousdemographictransitionare usually based on one of the following two arguments.
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This argument is attractive because, apart from explaining thedemographictransition, it is also able to replicate the observed parallel increase in female labor participation.
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The employment impact was probably greater than it would have been if the ruraldemographictransitionhad already been fully negotiated.
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Research should also focus on developing policies and strategies likely to effect the humandemographictransition, as well as maximizing and capturing all (use and non-use) economic values.
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Basically thedemographictransition, especially in its early stages, is difficult to imagine without some sort of change in mortality.
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But he finds more consolation in the evidence for the inevitability of populations sooner or later undergoing the 'demographictransition' to lower rates of death, birth and growth.
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Mandatory schooling coupled with the fall in fertility during thedemographictransitionhad the immediate effect of modifying the supply of family labour.
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This apparent relationship is visible not only during the initial period of thedemographictransition, but it also seems to have increased in the course of fertility and mortality reductions.
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It is also tacitly assumed that technological change will relieve pressure on the resource base and buy time for thedemographictransitionto occur.
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The study of fecundity in historical populations and its interaction with thedemographictransition can help us to understand better the demographic behaviours of the past.
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Thedemographictransitionto fixed family size means that reproductive compensation does affect these syndromes, selection against them effectively falls, and their allele frequencies will start to rise.
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