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The vanishing advantage of longevity in Nicoya, Costa Rica: A cohort shif
(2023)
BACKGROUND
The Nicoya region in Costa Rica has been identified as one of a handful of hotspots of
extreme longevity. The evidence supporting this status comes mostly from observing the
1990 and 2000 decades and cohorts ...
Aggregation and insurance-mortality estimation
(2003)
One goal of government health insurance programs is to improve health, yet little is known empirically about how important such government interventions can be in explaining health transitions. We analyze the child mortality ...
Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American consortium of studies in obesity (LASO)
(2013)
Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. For the last two decades ...
Ciclo económico vital y bonos demográficos en Costa Rica
(2019)
El presente documento cuenta con 4 grandes secciones: i) Antecedentes. Costa Rica experimenta un
acelerado proceso de envejecimiento poblacional. Entre el 2018 y 2080, las personas mayores de 64
años pasarán de representar ...
Demographic Diversity and Change in the Central American Isthmus
(1997)
This book is the first English-language collection of recent research on demographic, social, and environmental issues in Central America. The region's experience with ethnic and cultural identity provides food for thought ...
Difusión por interacción social y transición de la fecundidad : evidencia cuantitativa y cualitativa de Costa Rica
(1995)
Las teorías explicativas de la transición de la fecundidad en Costa Rica y otros países suelen enfatizar el impacto de los cambios socioeconómicos sobre la demanda de hijos y el incremento de la oferta a través de programas ...