Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The first "NO"

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-216

  Philipov, Dimiter ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

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EID: 79955586574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.8     Document Type: Article

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