The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 374-387

  Galor, Oded ^a   Weil, David N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION; FERTILITY DECLINE; GENDER STUDY; POPULATION FERTILITY; WOMEN'S ISSUE; WOMEN'S ROLE; WOMEN'S WAGES;

EID: 0030449033     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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