Is low fertility a temporary phenomenon in the European Union?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-228

  Lesthaeghe, Ron ^a   Willems, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032697744     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.1999.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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