Discussion of paper 'Explanations of the fertility crisis in modern societies: A search for commonalities', Population Studies 57(3): 241-263, by John Caldwell and Thomas Schindlmayr

Population Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-92

  Billari, Francesco C ^a   Frejka, Tomas ^e   Hobcraft, John ^b   Macura, Miloslav ^c   van de Kaa, Dirk J ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   (Switzerland)

^d NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION;

EID: 1542534968     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472032000183762     Document Type: Article

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