Demographic Consequences of the 'Closing the Gap' Indigenous Policy in Australia

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-585

  Biddle, Nicholas ^a   Taylor, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic dividend; Demographic transition; Indigenous Australians; Population projections

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FERTILITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863190285     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-012-9235-8     Document Type: Article

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