Education and fertility: Evidence from a natural experiment

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 827-852

  Monstad, Karin ^a   Propper, Carol ^b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Educational reform; Fertility

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; FERTILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 57349162207     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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