Will the stork return to Europe and Japan? Understanding fertility within developed nations

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 3-22

  Feyrer, James ^a   Sacerdote, Bruce ^a,b   Stern, Ariel Dora ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FATHER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TAX;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HOUSEKEEPING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHERS; PUBLIC POLICY; ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 51149121665     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.22.3.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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