The Economic Theory of Fertility Over Three Decades

Population Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-74

  Robinson, Warren C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FERTILITY; MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMICS; POPULATION FERTILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030726162     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000149736     Document Type: Article

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