A reformulation of the economic theory of fertility

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 1-25

  Becker, Gary S ^a   Barro, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE;

DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0024186947     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1882640     Document Type: Article

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