Relative cohort size: Source of a unifying theory of global fertility transition?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-261

  Macunovich, D J ^a  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0033843650     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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