How universal is the negative correlation between education and fertility?

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-229

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Dysgenics; Education; Fertility; Income; World Values Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349083614     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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