Assumptions on fertility in stochastic population forecasts

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-79

  Alders, Maarten ^a   De Beer, Joop ^a  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert knowledge; Fertility; Stochastic population forecasts; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042540662     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00224.x     Document Type: Review

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