The time to decline: tracing a cohort’s descendants in below replacement populations

Abstract A number of contemporary populations are exhibiting sustained fertility at levels substantially below long-term replacement. Nonetheless, relatively few populations are actually diminishing in size. Here, we approach that apparent paradox by analyzing the time before the number in a birth c...

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Main Author: Robert Schoen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Genus
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-018-0026-x