Immigration and the dependency ratio of a host population

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-39

  Wu, Zheng ^a   Li, Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age structure; Migration model; The dependency ratio

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; IMMIGRATION; POPULATION MIGRATION;

EID: 27844600661     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898480306715     Document Type: Article

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