Demographic transition theory has been widely criticized on at least two points: first, it does not accurately describe the historical demographic changes in the early industrialized nations; second, ...

The theory of the ‘(first) demographic transition’ (DT) still has considerable practical relevance in the field of population research. For instance, the DT serves as a conceptual model that underlies ...

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 now ...

The Industrial Revolution that brought unprecedented economic growth to Western Europe and North America also coincided with a new epoch in population dynamics (Galor, 2005). Countries moved from a ...