The demographic transition: Causes and consequences

Cliometrica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-28

  Galor, Oded ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Fertility; Gender gap; Human capital; Mortality; Unified growth theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855242044     PISSN: 18632505     EISSN: 18632513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-011-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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