Essays about: "Demographic transition"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 43 essays containing the words Demographic transition.
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6. Delayed Demographic Transitions - The Natural Resource Curse Extended? A case study for Bolivia 1900--2010
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates if dependence on natural resources causes a delayed demographic transition. The Plurinational State of Bolivia is taken as an example as it is a country with a high share of Mining \& Oil activities in its economy. The method of investigation is a time series analysis covering the period 1900--2010. READ MORE
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7. Shining a Light on Afghanistan: International involvement and solar power’s role in changing the socio-technical regime for electricity in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2019
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the increased electricity access between 2003 and 2019 in Afghanistan by employing two main explanatory variables – solar power and international involvement. The models are based on logistic regressions, investigating urban and rural areas, as well as a sample of the whole population. READ MORE
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8. Cooking fuels and children respiratory health: Evidence from Nigeria
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Household air pollution (HAP) has been recognized as one of the lethal causes of millions of premature deaths every year, victimizing mainly children and women. Literature suggests that transition to modern cooking fuels such as electricity, biogas from the conventional ones, for instance, fuelwood, coal, can reduce HAP, thus minimize the likelihood of respiratory health problems among household members. READ MORE
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9. Multilevel Cox Regression of Transition to Parenthood among Ethiopian Women
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statistiska institutionenAbstract : The birth of the first child is a special event for a mother whose life can change dramatically. In Ethiopia women’s timing to enter motherhood vary between the regions. READ MORE
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10. The Dynamics Behind Economic Shrinking and a Case of Recent Disappearance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The present research aims at finding the underlying factors that contributed to the recently observed disappearance of economic shrinking in Ethiopia, defined as negative rates of GDP per capita growth. Within the framework of the Theory of Shrinking (Broadberry & Wallis, 2017) it sheds light on structural, technological and demographic change, the occurrence of warfare as well as institutional change over the course of four decades. READ MORE
