Second birth rates across Europe: Interactions between women's level of education and child care enrolment

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-138

  Van Bavel, Jan ^a   Rózańska Putek, Joanna ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 78650832353     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2010s107     Document Type: Article

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