Demography, education, and democracy: Global trends and the case of Iran

Population and Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-281

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a,b   Cuaresma, Jesús Crespo ^a   Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal ^c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOCRACY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAN; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

IRAN;

EID: 77955024131     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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