Public policies and low fertility: Rationales for public intervention and a diagnosis for the Spanish case

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-138

  Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child gap; Fertility; Public policies; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 18144429829     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928705049160     Document Type: Article

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