In terms of demographics, or the study of “the social characteristics and statistics of a population,” local authorities say the Philippines is undergoing a “demographic transition.” This refers to ...

The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Nov., 1997), pp. 665-669 (5 pages) We treat each age-specific income-earning member of the family as an income "source," and use the ...

Loss of autonomy, loneliness, rising poverty... In an op-ed published in 'Le Monde,' Alain Villez and Yann Lasnier, leaders of the Petits Frères des Pauvres - an organization committed to relieving ...

In mid-2016, the population of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was almost 1 billion people. By 2050, the population of the region will probably reach 2.1 billion people [Population Reference Bureau (2016)].

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 internal ...