Maples: A general method for the estimation of age profiles from standard demographic surveys (with an application to fertility)

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 719-748

  Impicciatore, Roberto ^a   Billari, Francesco C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 80054070714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.29     Document Type: Article

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