Some thoughts on causation as it relates to demography and population studies

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-469

  Smith, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; MICROECONOMICS;

EID: 0242306968     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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