Intergenerational transmission of fertility patterns

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-208

  Booth, Alison L ^a,b   Kee, Hiau Joo ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61849147920     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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