We have constructed a model of the demographic transition and its relationship to economic growth using the key indicator variables log GDP per capita, child mortality and total fertility rate.

Following the launch of the recent United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on the state of the world’s population, there has been much worry that the size of Bangladesh’s population has ...

This demographic transition in the United States—particularly the steady increase in life expectancy—put significant downward pressure on interest rates ... “A Model of Secular Stagnation: Theory and ...

Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies. Rather than focusing exclusively on external factors, they looked at ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 27 (JULY - DECEMBER 2012), pp. 299-338 (42 pages) BACKGROUND According to classic demographic transition theory, mortality change is the key factor that triggers a decline ...