Political instability, gender discrimination, and population growth in developing countries

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 431-446

  Lehmijoki, Ulla ^a   Palokangas, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Political instability; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745317562     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0045-8     Document Type: Article

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