Childbearing dynamics of couples in a universalistic welfare state: The role of labor-market status, country of origin, and gender

Demographic Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 897-938

  Andersson, Gunnar ^a   Scott, Kirk ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 35348824507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.30     Document Type: Article

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