Life expectancy, fertility, and educational investment

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-56

  Chen, Hung Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Human capital; Mortality; OLG

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549108034     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0202-y     Document Type: Article

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