The intergenerational transmission of fertility in contemporary Denmark: The effects of number of siblings (full and half), birth order, and whether male or female

Population Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-248

  Murphy, M ^a   Knudsen, L B ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LIFESTYLE; SIBLING;

DENMARK;

EID: 0036868733     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720215937     Document Type: Article

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