Meta-analysis of the impact of age structure on fertility

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-40

  Waldorf, Brigitte ^a   Byun, Pillsung ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Easterlin hypothesis; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444366842     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0199-9     Document Type: Article

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