The effects of social interactions on fertility decline in nineteenth-century France: An agent-based simulation experiment

Population Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-155

  González Bailón, Sandra ^a   Murphy, Tommy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

agent based models; decision making; demographic transition; diffusion; fertility decline; France; simulation experiments; social interactions; social norms

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; MODELING; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84879545175     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.774435     Document Type: Article

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