Development, modernization, and childbearing: The role of family sex composition

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-398

  Filmer, Deon ^a   Friedman, Jed ^a   Schady, Norbert ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILITY; MODERNIZATION; SEX ROLE;

CENTRAL ASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 75849145465     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp009     Document Type: Article

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