Population and reproductive health: An economic framework for policy evaluation

Population and Development Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 697-737

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Knowles, James C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; POLICY ANALYSIS; POPULATION FERTILITY; REPRODUCTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

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EID: 0032464154     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2808022     Document Type: Article

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