Degiovanni Patrick, Deville Jean-Claude, Gubian Alain. ? A Model of the Distribution of Family Size and its Application to the Study of Differential Fertility. The lognormal distribution is fitted to the distribution of family sizes by using three parameters : the proportion of childless...

Deville Jean-Claude. Harmonie Analysis of the Timing of Family Formation in France. Social Inequalities and their Evolution from 1920 to 1960. In 1962 INSEE carried out an inquiry into the fertility of 240,000 women born between 1892 and 1947. The pattern of family formation among a number of...

Calot Gérard. ? New Data on the Chinese Demographic Situation. I. 1953, 1964 and 1982 Censuses and Crude Rates since 1950. On the occasion of the publication of the first results of the 1982 Population Census, the People's Republic of China has recently released a great deal of information on...

Calot Gérard. ? An interesting concept : The average size of the cohorts at risk. I. Methodological presentation. The average size of the cohorts at risk is the weighted mean of the numbers of persons belonging to the various cohorts (defined e.g. by age or marriage duration), the weights being...

Calot Gérard. ? Compared data on the evolution of fertility by birth- order in the Federal Republic of Germany and in France (1950-1977). The study of age-specific fertility rates, by legitimacy (births out of wedlock, legitimate births) and birth order (defined among live births born of the...

Calot (Gérard). - Tax law, marital status and number of children This article analyses certain aspects of French direct taxation in 1992 and 1993 according to marital status, number of children and income. It appears that the various provisions added to the family splitting rule are the cause...

Calot Gérard. ? Standard of Living and Number of Children : An appraisal of French family and fiscal legislation in 1978. The number of children affects both the costs and the resources of a family. On one hand, family allowances increase the income earned by the parents; on the other, the...