TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schoen, Robert
T1  - The metastable birth trajectory
Y1  - 2009/11/18
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 759
EP  - 764
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.25
VL  - S8
IS  - 25
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/8/25/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/8/25/s8-25.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/8/25/s8-25.pdf
N2  - The metastable model generalizes the stable population model by allowing net maternity to change exponentially over age and time.  As a result, the metastable model generates an exponentially quadratic birth trajectory, which is characterized by a constant proportion of births by age of mother.  The metastable model is well suited to analyzing steady fertility declines and transitions between two regimes of fixed vital rates.

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