Inequality and growth: Why differential fertility matters

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1091-1113

  De La Croix, David ^a   Doepke, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1442318411     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803769206214     Document Type: Article

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