A role for cultural transmission in fertility transitions

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-481

  Baudin, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Center for Operation Research and Econometrics   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherches Economique et Sociales   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural Transmission; Evolutionary Mechanisms; Fertility Transition; Industrial Revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451471111     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100509090403     Document Type: Article

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