The effect of investment in children's education on fertility in 1816 Prussia

Cliometrica

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-44

  Becker, Sascha O ^a,b   Cinnirella, Francesco ^b,c   Woessmann, Ludger ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

19th century; Education; Fertility; Prussia; Quantity quality trade off; Unified growth theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053396669     PISSN: 18632505     EISSN: 18632513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11698-011-0061-8     Document Type: Article

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