Social mobility and fertility

Demographic Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 441-464

  Dalla Zuanna, Gianpiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 36949023571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.17.15     Document Type: Article

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