Essays about: "Demographic transition"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words Demographic transition.

1. 21. A Life-course Perspective on Retirement Trajectories of Colombia’s Older Workers. The roles of family composition and work-related characteristics in explaining retirement from a gender perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : María Cristina Aguirre Valverde; [2018]
   Keywords : Colombia; retirement; population ageing; informality; fertility; demographic transition.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. READ MORE

3. 22. Intragenerational Mobility in Mexico – The Evolution of the Occupational Opportunities 1960-2011

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Osvaldo Landaverde Moreno; [2017]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study analyses the intragenerational mobility patterns in Mexico from 1960 until 2011. Using the Retrospective Demographic Survey (EDER) 2011, together with simple and multinomial logistic regressions, we estimated the determinants’ coefficients of the transition rates to higher, lower, and specific occupational strata. READ MORE

4. 23. The Relationship between Human Capital and Economic Growth in Developing Countries : A Study and Analysis on Developing Countries

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Surya Bahadur Khatri Chhetri; [2017]
   Keywords : Economic growth; growth rate; GDP capita; population growth; human and social capital; technology development and developing countries;

   Abstract : Abstract The purpose of the thesis has been to investigate the relation between human capital and economic growth in developing countries around the world. The main research question is how the human capital impact on the economic growth in developing countries during the period of 2010 -2015. READ MORE

5. 24. Changing patterns of marriage and work in Ireland, 1926-1951

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Joseph Aivalikli; [2017]
   Keywords : historical demography; delayed marriage; Ireland; agriculture; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Marriage is closely tied to economic status, and delayed marriage is often a sign of poor economic conditions for younger people. After a century of decline, marriage rates in Ireland appeared to turn a corner in the 1930s. READ MORE

6. 25. Psychosocial development in intensive home rehabilitation : Amongst older adults in post-hospital treatment

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Hälsa och välfärd

   Author : Carl Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : older adults; intensive home rehabilitation; reablement; psychosocial wellbeing; social work; multi professional teams;

   Abstract : Introduction. According to the Swedish ministry of social affairs, the future care for older adults must have a higher degree of psychosocial wellbeing weaved in to it. It must also be cost effective to smoothen the approaching demographic transition (SOU 2017:21). READ MORE