Why does the rate of population growth decline in the face of economic growth? We show that growing product variety may induce a permanent reduction in the demand for children and a continuous rise in income and consumption.

Epidemiology of diseases is influenced by population socio-demographic circumstances. Therefore it can be modified along the time. There are no studies exploring epidemiological transition in dermatology. This study ...

Traditional human societies use two of biology’s solutions to reduce free-riding: by collaborating with relatives, they rely on the mechanism of kin-selection, and by forming highly clustered social kin-networks, they can ...

The region of Latin American and Caribbean has witnessed rapid demographic, social, economic and political transformations in the last 50 years. Despite the reduction in poverty, the progress made in the provision of ...

Demographic transition, epidemiological transition, changes in population. And these changes in the living conditions of the population of Argentina in the last hundred years allow us to estimate that a girl born this ...

Amongst the different population regimes historically occurred, the modern demography transition period stands out. This population dynamic has been identified in Brazil since the 70 s decade, when several changes on the ...

Como consecuencia de la transición demográfica se produce el fenómeno conocido como envejecimiento poblacional, a partir del cual se reduce la proporción de niños y aumenta la de ancianos. Las consecuencias económicas ...