A socioeconomic analysis of the determinants of fertility: The case of Vietnam

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-271

  Nguyen Dinh, Huan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Number of children ever born; Ordered logit model; Poisson model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287640     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050042     Document Type: Article

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