Fertility and labour supply in Femina economica

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-455

  Grafen, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; LABOR SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0032494471     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0796     Document Type: Article

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