Policies addressing the tempo effect in low-fertility countries

Population and Development Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 699-720

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   Skirbekk, Vegard ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; POPULATION POLICY;

EID: 33745238042     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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