Public versus private education when differential fertility matters

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 607-629

  de la Croix, David ^a   Doepke, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Growth; Human capital; Inequality

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 1442286994     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.05.005     Document Type: Article

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