Sociología
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Los límites naturales del capitalismo
(1984)En el artículo se discute el informe de la Comisión Meadow "Los límites del crecimiento" junto con el informe de la Fundación Bariloche "El modelo mundial latinoamericano". Se plantea una primera discusión sobre la ... -
Características familiares de los hogares costarricenses
(2001)This work gathers the results of a research funded by the Vicerectoría de Investigación of the University of Costa Rica, to determine the conformation of the homes computed by the Household Survey of July 1993 by the General ... -
Declive del régimen partidario y propuesta para mejorar la representación ciudadana: La Asamblea del Pueblo
(2007)Con motivo de las últimas elecciones municipales surgió de nuevo, en los comentarios de analistas, políticos y periodistas, el tema resobado de la crisis de la democracia en Costa Rica. Y lo expreso en forma reiterativa ... -
Fatherless Costa Rica: Child Acknowledgment and Support Among Lone Mothers
(2003)Much debate is going on in Costa Rica about the increase of out-of-wedlock births and unestablished paternity in particular with regard to the elaboration of social policy measures. No systematic empirical data on the issue ... -
Maternidades y fronteras. La fecundidad de las mujeres inmigrantes en España
(2011)Este artículo tiene como objetivo examinar los patrones reproductivos de la población inmigrante y evaluar en qué medida difieren de los de la población española, utilizando las biografías migratorias y reproductivas de ... -
Is Latin America starting to retreat from early and universal childbearing?
(2009-02-20)The 2000 censuses show that the proportion of women below age 30 who are mothers has dropped substantially in most Latin America countries, suggesting that the social imperative of early motherhood, which has long prevailed ... -
Transfer accounts in Costa Rica’s mixed economy under rapidly changing demographic conditions
(2011)In Costa Rica government transfers to the elderly population are exceptionally high in per capita terms. In contrast, net transfers from adult children to elderly parents are negligible until the parents reach very ... -
Long-term association of economic inequality and mortality in adult Costa Ricans
(2012-01)Despite the large number of studies, mostly in developed economies, there is limited consensus on the health effects of inequality. Recently a related literature has examined the relationship between relative deprivation ... -
Estimating the Number of Immigrants in Spain: An Indirect Method Based on Births and Fertility Rates
(2011)This article proposes an indirect method to validate existing estimates of immigrants’ stock from the Spanish municipal population register, which some believe might be over-counting immigrants who double register in ... -
The declining effect of sibling size on children's education in Costa Rica
(2014-12-12)Background: Costa Rica experienced a dramatic fertility decline in the 1960s and 1970s. The same period saw substantial improvement in children’s educational attainment in Costa Rica. This correlation is consistent with ... -
Social Capital, Urban Settings and Demographic Behavior in Latin America
(2006)Basándose en muestras probabilísticas de 12.000 adultos de ocho pa íses latinoamericanos, se estudian dos dimensiones del capital social –(1) participación comunitaria y (2) confianza en los vecinos– y su relación ... -
Comment: Population Programs and Fertility
(2001)Understanding the rationale and sources of support for population programs is crucial for assessing their impact and chances of survival. One of the most notable features of population agencies and programs is that not ... -
Interaction Diffusion and Fertility Transition in Costa Rica
(1994)A long-standing concern of sociologists is the contribution of diffusion processes to social change. This article considers the contribution of social interaction diffusion to the fertility transition in Costa Rica, focusing ...
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