Fertility decisions when infant survival is endogenous

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Cigno, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Endogeneous fertility; Endogenous infant; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032220184     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050056     Document Type: Article

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