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The fundamental challenge in the social sciences is moving from complicated correlations to useful prediction. Progress usually reflects an interplay between theory, data, and tools. Six areas of innovation, principally data and tools, are now pushing at the frontiers of these sciences: longitudinal data, laboratory experimentation, improved statistical methods, geographic information tools, biosocial science, and international replication. These innovations are gaining power as they cross disciplinary boundaries, helping to attribute causality to observed relationships, to understand their nature, and thereby to improve the accuracy and usefulness of predictions.
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Investigación , Conducta Social , Ciencias Sociales , Animales , Conducta Animal , Evolución Biológica , Genómica , Geografía , Estado de Salud , Humanos , Comunicación Interdisciplinaria , Internacionalidad , Internet , Estudios Longitudinales , Fenómenos Fisiológicos del Sistema Nervioso , Neurociencias , Psicología Social , Ciencias Sociales/métodos , Estadística como AsuntoRESUMEN
Currently across Europe, birth rates are falling and the population is aging. This paper describes these trends and assesses which policies can prevent or mitigate the adverse consequences of these two trends.
