Demographic transition, demographic dividend, and Lewis turning point in China

China Economic Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-119

  Cai, Fang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aging before affluence; Demographic Dividend; Demographic transition; Lewis turning point

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960898809     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2010.511899     Document Type: Article

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