Options for fertility policy transition in China

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-246

  Yi, Zeng ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; FERTILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34249880453     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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