Elaboration of the Coale-McNeil nuptiality model as the generalized log gamma distribution: A new identity and empirical enhancements

Demographic Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-262

  Kaneko, Ryuichi ^a  

^a Social Security Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Marriage; Nuptiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042631068     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2003.9.10     Document Type: Article

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