India's demographic change: Opportunities and challenges

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6042, 2011, Pages 576-580

  James, K S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

BRAZIL; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIC; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLUENZA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO;

INDIA;

EID: 79960944892     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207969     Document Type: Review

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