Female labour force participation, fertility and infant mortality in Australia: Some empirical evidence from Granger causality tests

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-572

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645543439     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500118838     Document Type: Article

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