Fertility policy and employment: implications from the former Soviet Union

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-368

  Maxwell, Nan L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION FERTILITY; POPULATION POLICY; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031784041     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006003826987     Document Type: Article

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