Volume 20 - Article 24 | Pages 595–598
The effect of changes in fertility on the age distribution of stable populations
| Date received: | 16 Mar 2009 |
| Date published: | 29 May 2009 |
| Word count: | 870 |
| Keywords: | age distribution, population dynamics, stable population |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.24 |
| Weblink: | All publications in the ongoing Special Collection 8 "Formal Relationships" can be found at http://www.demographic-research.org/special/8/ |
Abstract
When fertility increases in a previously stable population, the new stable population will be younger than the old one, and the two age distributions will cross at the mean age of the populations.
Author's Affiliation
Michel Guillot - University of Pennsylvania, United States of America
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