Planned fertility and family background: A quantile regression for counts analysis

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-81

  Miranda, Alfonso ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Count data; Fertility; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448982894     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0154-7     Document Type: Article

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