The Effect of Education on the Timing of Marriage and First Birth in Pakistan

Journal of Quantitative Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-133

  Gangadharan, Lata ^a   Maitra, Pushkar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 2942690267     PISSN: 09711554     EISSN: 23641045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03404653     Document Type: Article

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