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Age, Period, and Cohort Effects

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  1. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA

    Claire E. Altman

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  1. Center for Research on Immigration Population and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

    Frank D. Bean

  2. School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA

    Susan K. Brown

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Altman, C.E. (2015). Age, Period, and Cohort Effects. In: Bean, F., Brown, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Migration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6179-7_88-1

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