Evaluating the economic returns to childbearing in Côte d'Ivoire

Population Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Stecklov, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; METHODOLOGY;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0032991604     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720308072     Document Type: Article

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