Postponement and recuperation of Belgian fertility: How are they related to rising female educational attainment?

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-106

  Neels, Karel ^a   De Wachter, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 78650808567     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2010s77     Document Type: Article

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