The impact of individual and aggregate unemployment on fertility in Norway

Demographic Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2002, Pages 263-293

  Kravdal, Oystein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Fertility; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642432894     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2002.6.10     Document Type: Article

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