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Demographic Transition

Demographic transition is a demographic phenomenon describing the historical progression through stages of declining birth and death rates as a society undergoes economic development and industrialization.

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The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration

Will Steffen, Wendy Broadgate, Lisa Deutsch et al. · The Anthropocene Review · 2015 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change

Abdel R. Omran · Milbank Quarterly · 2005 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change

Abdel R. Omran · The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly · 1971 · 2.9K citations

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A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

S. Jay Olshansky, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond

Oded Galor, David Weil · American Economic Review · 2000 · 2.3K citations

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  1. JC
    John C. Caldwell

    Australian National University, Australia

    31 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. RL
    Ronny Lesthaeghe

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    19 publications · 5K citations

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  3. OG
    Oded Galor

    John Brown University, United States

    20 publications · 4.4K citations

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  4. RL
    Ronald Lee

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    19 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. JB
    John Bongaarts

    Population Council, United States

    17 publications · 4.1K citations

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

    Rostock, Germany

    32 h-index

    67 publications

    6.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    84 publications

    16.2K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    29 h-index

    99 publications

    8.7K citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    82 publications

    4.6K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    58 publications

    4.6K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    26 h-index

    48 publications

    7.2K citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    48 publications

    3K citations

  8. Vienna Institute of Demography

    Vienna, Austria

    24 h-index

    42 publications

    6.4K citations

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  1. Population and Development Review

    258 publications · 30.9K citations

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  2. Population Studies

    99 publications · 6.3K citations

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  3. Demography

    79 publications · 7.7K citations

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  4. Demographic Research

    73 publications · 4.7K citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 70 publications · 6.4K citations

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See also

Demographic Transition

Stages

Drivers

Population Effects

Regional Patterns

Theoretical Models