Sibling size and investment in children's education: An asian instrument

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 855-875

  Lee, Jungmin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child quality; Education; Fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049093574     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0124-5     Document Type: Article

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