Demographic forecasting: 1980 to 2005 in review

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-581

  Booth, Heather ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal models; Demographic modelling; Disaggregation; Expectations; Extrapolation; Fertility; Migration; Mortality; Population forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745967698     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2006.04.001     Document Type: Review

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