Birth order and schooling: Theory and evidence from twelve Sub-Saharan countries

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-495

  Tenikue, Michel ^a   Verheyden, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEPS/INSTEAD ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH INTERVAL; CHILD LABOR; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; GENDER RELATIONS; MODELING;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77955026457     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq013     Document Type: Article

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