Who takes care of the children? The quantity-quality model revisited

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 455-461

  Lundholm, Michael ^a   Ohlsson, Henry ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child care; Fertility; Quantity quality trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036667679     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480100071     Document Type: Article

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