Children as insurance

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 119-136

  Pörtner, Claus Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertility; Insurance; Mortality; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531557     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050162     Document Type: Article

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