Free education, fertility and human capital accumulation

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-468

  Azarnert, Leonid V ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fertility; Free public education; Human capital; Private education

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749141781     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0205-8     Document Type: Article

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