Does teenage childbearing reduce investment in human capital?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 701-730

  Webbink, Dinand ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Visscher, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education attainment; Teenage childbearing; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751662640     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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