Understanding the long term effects of family policies on fertility: The diffusion of different family models in France and Germany

Demographic Research

Volumn 22, Issue , 2010, Pages 1057-1096

  Salles, Anne ^a   Rossier, Clémentine ^b   Brachet, Sara ^b  

^a IBPS   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

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EID: 77955023575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.34     Document Type: Article

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