Mortality and economic development over the course of modernization: An analysis of short-run fluctuations in Spain, 1850-1990

Population Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-152

  Reher, David S ^a   Sanz Gimeno, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MODERNIZATION; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ECONOMICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033916322     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713779081     Document Type: Article

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