Fertility and the household's economic status: A natural experiment using Indian micro data

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-138

  Gupta, Nabanita Datta ^a,c   Dubey, Amaresh ^b  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NCAER   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 30744443872     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380500356779     Document Type: Article

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