An empirical investigation into the effect of childbearing on economic wellbeing in Europe

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-227

  Aassve, Arnstein ^a   Mazzuco, Stefano ^b   Mencarini, Letizia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Deprivation indices; ECHP; Poverty; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747038998     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-006-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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