[Stable multiregional population as a tool for economic analysis. An application to Italy, 1977-1986].

"The intensity of short-term fluctuations in a population's demographic behaviour is often overshadowed by a force of inertia resulting from the structures inherited from past behaviour. Stable population theory produces an effective way to eliminate this 'weight of the past'. This article presents the results of an application of this approach in analyzing changes in the fertility, migration and mortality regime of the Italian population during the 1977-1986 period." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)
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