Abstract The population transition theory provides a macro-level overview where one can see the connection between social and economic development progression of transition. This study conducts systematic analysis Belarus’ immigration trends over last 30 years to investigate regularities generalities in its development. Research has shown that during this period demographic Belarus characterist...

BACKGROUND Despite a long interest in the historical fertility transition, there is still a lack of knowledge about disaggregated patterns that could help us understand the mechanisms behind the transition. In previous research the widely held view is that there was a change in the association between social status and fertility in conjunction with the fertility transition, implying that fertil...