Economic approaches to understanding nonmarital fertility

Population and Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 67-86

  Willis, Robert J ^a   Haaga, John G ^a  

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EID: 28144464220     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2808005     Document Type: Article

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