Preference Theory and Low Fertility: A Comparative Perspective
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Theory pertaining to low fertility
Demographic transition refers to the process whereby populations shift from regimes of high mortality and high fertility in approximate long-run equilibrium (zero population growth) to a new equilibrium at low levels of mortality and fertility. Most European and overseas European societies experienced such a transition between about 1870 and 1930. Formulation of theoretical explanations of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0168-6577,1572-9885
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9178-x