The demand for sons

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1085-1120

  Dahl, Gordon B ^a,b   Moretti, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749121190     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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