Family size and intergenerational social mobility during the fertility transition: Evidence of resource dilution from the city of Antwerp in nineteenth century Belgium

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 313-344

  Van Bavel, Jan ^a   Moreels, Sarah ^b   Van de Putte, Bart ^c   Matthijs, Koen ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 79955575824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.14     Document Type: Article

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