Endogenous fertility and growth in a model with old age support

Economic Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 393-416

  Chakrabarti, Rupa ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous fertility; Growth; Old age support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248339     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990050261     Document Type: Article

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