The post-communist fertility puzzle

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-231

  Billingsley, Sunnee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Fertility; Post communist; Postponement transition; Second demographic transition

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; POST-COMMUNISM;

EID: 77952669002     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9136-7     Document Type: Article

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