The Impact of College Education on Fertility: Evidence for Heterogeneous Effects

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 863-887

  Brand, Jennie E ^a   Davis, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; College education; Fertility; Heterogeneity; NLSY

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960514490     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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