Who's Afraid of Population Decline? A Critical Examination of Its Consequences

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 217-248

  Coleman, David ^a   Rowthorn, Robert ^b  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BOOK; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79251496144     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00385.x     Document Type: Book

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