Modeling female fertility using inflated count data models

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-203

  Melkersson, Maria ^a   Rooth, Dan Olof ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Inflated count data models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341058     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050133     Document Type: Article

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