Social aspirations and choice of fertility: Why can status motive reduce per-capita growth?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-66

  Tournemaine, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Growth; Social aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448976580     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0133-4     Document Type: Article

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