New forecast: Population decline postponed in Europe

Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Alho, Juha ^a   Alders, Maarten ^b   Cruijsen, Harri ^c   Keilman, Nico ^d   Nikander, Timo ^e   Pham, Dinh Quang ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c Democast   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Statistics Finland   (Finland)

^f STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Europe; Population forecast; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE; PENSION PLANS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

AGEING; EUROPE; POPULATION FORECAST; UNCERTAINTY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 33746051268     PISSN: 01678000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/sju-2006-23101     Document Type: Article

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