The arrival of low fertility in China

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 73-95

  Gu, Baochang ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84917737561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890066     Document Type: Chapter

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