Instability, investment, disasters, and demography: Natural disasters and fertility in Italy (1820-1962) and Japan (1671-1965)

Population and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-281

  Lin, C Y Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental shock; Fertility; Instability; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION SIZE;

ITALY; JAPAN;

EID: 77952426363     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0103-3     Document Type: Article

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