Low fertility and the state: The efficacy of policy

Population and Development Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-510

  Mcdonald, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATE ROLE;

EID: 33748545266     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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