No Eastern and Central European left behind: A cross country regression for fertility, human capital and market economy

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 963-974

  Akin, Mustafa Seref ^a,b,d   Vlad, Valerica ^c  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b International Ataturk Alatoo University   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Fertility; Human capital; Macro economy; Market economy; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; MARKET; PANEL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35649020788     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1360     Document Type: Article

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