Why are fertility rates and female employment ratios positively correlated across O.E.C.D. countries?

International Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1187-1222

  Da Rocha, José María ^a   Fuster, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33750457626     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2006.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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