Child mortality and fertility decline: Does the Barro-Becker model fit the facts?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 337-366

  Doepke, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Fertility decline; Sequential fertility choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044439706     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0208-z     Document Type: Article

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