Austria: Persistent low fertility since the mid-1980s

Demographic Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 293-356

  Prskawetz, Alexia ^a   Sobotka, Tomáš ^a   Buber, Isabella ^a   Engelhardt, Henriette ^b   Gisser, Richard ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 46849084582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.12     Document Type: Article

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