Cost of children, parental decisions, and family policy

Labour

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 461-475

  Cigno, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BENEFIT; FAMILY POLICY; FERTILITY DECISION; POPULATION FERTILITY; SOCIAL PLANNING;

EID: 0030421061     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1996.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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