A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship Between Fertility Timing and Schooling

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 931-956

  Stange, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Fertility timing; Matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960514489     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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