Having kids later. Economic analyses for industrialized countries

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-16

  Gustafsson, Siv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Postponement of motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344379416     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-004-0977-x     Document Type: Article

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