Fertility, growth and the financing of public education and health

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-428

  Palivos, Theodore ^a   Scotese, Carol A ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Growth; Public education and health

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305214     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00573073     Document Type: Article

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