Fertility choice and economic growth: Empirical evidence from the U.S.

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-120

  Hondroyiannis, George ^a,b   Papapetrou, Evangelia ^a,b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0007141180     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02295036     Document Type: Article

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