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Projections and forecasts in Australia: The context

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Despite the considerable expansion of demographic projection activity in Australia over the past two decades, comparatively little of this work has found its way into the academic literature. This issue of the Journal attempts to address this deficiency by bringing together six distinctive contributions on various aspects of demographic projections and forecasting. The present introductory paper describes the context of this work and provides an overview of the papers which follow.

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  1. Applied Population Research Unit Department of Geographical Sciences & Planning, The University of Queensland, 4068, Queensland

    Martin Bell

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Bell, M. Projections and forecasts in Australia: The context. Journal of Population Research 9, 103–107 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029364

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