New cohort fertility forecasts for the developed world: Rises, falls, and reversals

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-56

  Myrskylä, Mikko ^a   Goldstein, Joshua R ^b   Cheng, Yen hsin Alice ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; FORECASTING METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GERMANY; JAPAN; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875480754     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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