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The metastable birth trajectory

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  • Robert Schoen

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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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  • Robert Schoen, 2009. "The metastable birth trajectory," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 21(25), pages 759-764.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:21:y:2009:i:25
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.25
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    Keywords

    stable population; dynamic population models; metastable population; quadratic exponential trajectory;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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