Impact of sibship size, birth order and sex composition on school enrolment in urban Turkey

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-426

  Dayioǧlu, Meltem ^a   Kirdar, Murat G ^a   Tansel, Aysit ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 63849215055     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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